What can you expect?

 Get insights from other nursing students and teachers

Get going on the practical things you can do before you start:

Here's a checklist you can use.
  • Find out if my university offers orientation online, which I can do before I start
  • Make sure my university has my current email address
  • Find out what subjects I'll be studying in my first session
  • Get my lecture and tutorial timetable
  • Find out what I need to do for clinical placements, like vaccinations, police checks, working with children accreditation and clothing
  • Find out what I need to know to stay safe in the science and nursing laboratory
  • Find out if my Faculty or Course has any social networks I can join, like Facebook, Pinterest or YouTube
  • Find out what resources and support my university offers to help me: balance study and work as a mature age student; study by distance; as the first in my family to go to university; manage costs
  • Keep in touch with what's happening in the field of nursing, with useful sources like:
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the latest in healthcare news for nurses
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health and medical news
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developments in nursing theory, theory-based practice and quantitative and qualitative research

Talk and write bioscience

Understand how medical and anatomical terminology works, and become familiar with the key concepts you will learn in your course with Success in (Surviving) BioScience and Pharmacology. It's an invaluable reference ebook for diploma nurses transitioning to a Bachelor of Nursing course, created by Sheila A Doggrell, Sally Schaffer, Jillian Rowe and Nina Prasolova from Queensland University of Technology. Visit it online or download the PDF
Being able to write (and talk) scientifically is a great skill to have, not only for studying but also in your professional life. Find out more in this easy-to-use guide published by Charles Sturt University Faculty of Science.
From 'abnormal' to 'zygote', you'll be talking bioscience in no time. Check out this handy glossary.
A lecture (in four parts) providing an introduction to medical terminology, given by the illuminating Dr David van Reyk.

Have some fun with science and your family

There are a great number of resources, in print, online and in the community, which you can use to learn more about the world of science and have some fun with it :)
In print
Online
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on science
In the community