Clinical Practice Ladders 2005

Accelerated program nursing (graduate entry students) – entry year

Autumn semester
Week	Date	Month	Key events	M	T	W	T	F
9	28	Feb	Autumn semester commences
10	07	March
11	14			MH (five days)
12	21			MH (four days)				PH
13	28		VCs' Week (non-teaching)
14	04	April
15	11			AN:Surg (five days)
16	18			AN:Surg (five days)
17	25			PH
18	02	May
19	09
20	16
21	23
22	30
23	06	June
24	13		Examinations
25	20		Examinations
26	27		Examinations
27	04	July		Completion of Nursing Practice
28	11			Completion of Nursing Practice
Spring semester
Week	Date	Month	Key events	M	T	W	T	F
31	01	August	Spring semester commences
32	08
33	15			CN or DD or AN:Med (five days)
34	22			CN or DD or AN:Med (five days)
35	29			CN or DD or AN:Med (five days)
36	05	September		CN or DD or AN:Med (five days)
37	12
38	19
39	26		VCs' Week (non-teaching)
40	03	October		PH
41	10
42	17
43	24
44	31
45	07	November
46	14		Examinations
47	21		Examinations
48	28		Examinations
49	05	December		Completion of Nursing Practice
50	12			Completion of Nursing Practice
02	03	January	Summer session 2006
03	09		Summer session 2006
04	16		Summer session 2006	PHC or FHI (five days)
05	23		Summer session 2006	PHC or FHI (five days)

Notes: All Year 2 (graduate entry) placements are five-hour days.
CN and DD are undertaken by students enrolled in 92239 Foundations of Children's Nursing (five days each, total 10 days over two weeks).
Mental Health spans over two weeks.

Acronyms:
AN:Med	Adult Nursing: Medical
AN:Surg	Adult Nursing: Surgical
CN	Children's Nursing
DD	Developmental Disability
FHI	Family in Health and Illness
MH	Mental Health
PH	Public Holiday (no clinical practice)
PHC	Primary Health Care