Contents
Glossary of Terms
Acronyms
Acknowledgments
About the Authors
Executive Summary
1. Background and Objectives
1.1 Trends in Nurse Education
1.2 Nurse Supply and Demand
1.3 Nurse Labour Force Data
1.4 Sources of Data
1.5 Project Objectives
2. Description of the Project
2.1 Stage One
2.2 Stage Two
2.3 Stage Three
3. Results and Discussion
3.1 Nursing Course Profiles
3.2 Undergraduate Nursing Education Course Profiles
3.3 Post-graduate Nursing Education Course Profiles
3.4 Undergraduate Student Profiles
3.5 Post-graduate Student Profiles
4. Future Challenges
Appendix A
Appendix B
Appendix C
Bibliography
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Tables and figures
Tables
Table 1 1999 nurse labour force statistics showing registered and
employed nurses by State
Table 2 Undergraduate course profiles: Projections for 2002
Table 3 Broad band nursing specialties modified from those identified
by Russell, Gething and Convery (1997)
Table 4 Post-graduate course profiles: Projections for 2002
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Figures
Figure 1 Australian university location guide for nurse education
programs
Figure 2 Number of university post-graduate courses offered in 2001 by nursing
specialty across Australia
Figure 3 2001 total number of domestic undergraduate pre-registration
nursing students by State
Figure 4 2001 total number of domestic undergraduate post-registration
nursing students by State
Figure 5 2001 new, existing and total number of domestic undergraduate
pre-registration nursing students by State
Figure 6 2001 total number of domestic undergraduate pre-registration
and post-registration nursing students by university in Victoria
Figure 7 2001 total number of domestic undergraduate pre-registration
and post-registration nursing students by university in New South Wales
Figure 8 2001 total number of domestic undergraduate pre-registration
and post-registration nursing students by university in Queensland
Figure 9 2001 total number of domestic undergraduate pre-registration
and post-registration nursing students by university in South Australia
Figure 10 2001 total number of domestic undergraduate pre-registration
and post-registration nursing students by university in Western Australia
Figure 11 2001 total number of domestic
undergraduate pre-registration and post-registration nursing students in
Victoria by metropolitan, regional and rural/remote campus locations
Figure 12 2001 total number of domestic undergraduate pre-registration
and post-registration nursing students in New South Wales by metropolitan,
regional and rural/remote campus locations
Figure 13 2001 total number of domestic undergraduate pre-registration
and post-registration nursing students in Queensland by metropolitan,
regional and rural/remote campus locations
Figure 14 2001 total number of domestic undergraduate pre-registration
and post-registration nursing students in South Australia by metropolitan,
regional and rural/remote campus locations
Figure 15 2001 total number of domestic undergraduate pre-registration
and post-registration nursing students in Western Australia by
metropolitan, regional and rural/remote campus locations
Figure 16 2001 projected domestic undergraduate pre-registration
nursing course completions by metropolitan, regional and rural/remote
campus locations
Figure 17 2001 projected domestic undergraduate post-registration
nursing course completions by metropolitan, regional and rural/remote
campus locations
Figure 18 1999, 2000 and projected 2001 domestic undergraduate
pre-registration nursing course completions by State
Figure 19 1999, 2000 and projected 2001 domestic undergraduate
post-registration nursing course completions by State
Figure 20 1999, 2000 and projected 2001 domestic undergraduate
post-registration honours student nursing course completions by State
Figure 21 2001 total number of university domestic post-graduate
nursing students by course mode of delivery
Figure 22 2001 total number of university domestic post-graduate
nursing students by nursing course specialty across Australia
Figure 23 2001 projected university domestic student post-graduate
completions by nursing course specialty across Australia
Figure 24 Recoded and apportioned 2001 projections of university
domestic student post-graduate completions by nursing course specialty
across Australia
Figure 25 Projected 2001 university domestic student post-graduate
completions for midwifery courses
Figure 26 Projected 2001 university domestic student post-graduate
completions for high dependency nursing courses
Figure 27 Projected 2001 university domestic student post-graduate
completions for family and child health courses
Figure 28 Projected 2001 university domestic student post-graduate
completions for mental health courses
Figure 29 Projected 2001 university domestic student post-graduate
completions for rehabilitation and habilitation courses
Figure 30 Projected 2001 university domestic student post-graduate
completions for medical/surgical courses
Figure 31 Projected 2001 university domestic student post-graduate
completions for community health courses
Figure 32 Projected 2001 university domestic student post-graduate
completions for functional nursing courses
Figure 33 Projected 2001 university domestic student post-graduate
completions for research nursing courses
Figure 34 Projected 2001 university domestic student post-graduate
completions for generic nursing courses
Figure 35(a) Victoria 2001 projected university domestic student
post-graduate course completions by nursing course specialty
Figure 35(b) Recoded and apportioned Victoria 2001 projected university
domestic student post-graduate course completions by nursing course
specialty
Figure 36(a) South Australia 2001 projected university domestic student
post-graduate course completions by nursing course specialty
Figure 36(b) Recoded and apportioned South Australia 2001 estimated
university domestic student post-graduate course completions by nursing
course specialty
Figure 37(a) Queensland 2001 projected university domestic student
post-graduate course completions by nursing course specialty
Figure 37(b) Recoded and apportioned Queensland 2001 projected
university domestic student post-graduate course completions by nursing
course specialty
Figure 38(a) New South Wales 2001 projected university domestic student
post-graduate course completions by nursing course specialty
Figure 38(b) Recoded and apportioned New South Wales 2001 projected
university domestic student post-graduate course completions by nursing
course specialty
Figure 39(a) New South Wales 2001 projected non-university (NSW College
of Nursing) domestic nursing student course completions by nursing
specialty
Figure 39(b) New South Wales 2001 projected university (recoded and
apportioned) and non-university (NSW College of Nursing) domestic nursing
student course completions by nursing specialty
Figure 40 Western Australia 2001 estimated university domestic student
post-graduate course completions by nursing course specialty
Figure 41 Tasmania 2001 estimated university domestic student
post-graduate course completions by nursing course specialty
Figure 42 Northern Territory 2001 estimated university domestic student
post-graduate course completions by nursing course specialty
Figure 43 ACT 2001 estimated university domestic student post-graduate
course completions by nursing course specialty
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Appendix Tables
Table B1 New, existing and total undergraduate domestic
pre-registration and post-registration nursing students by State in
2001
Table B2 2001 undergraduate pre-registration and
post-registration domestic nursing students by campus location in
Victoria
Table B3 2001 undergraduate pre-registration and
post-registration domestic nursing students by campus location in
New South Wales
Table B4 2001 undergraduate pre-registration and
post-registration domestic nursing students by campus location in
Queensland
Table B5 2001 undergraduate pre-registration and
post-registration domestic nursing students by campus location in
South Australia
Table B6 2001 undergraduate pre-registration and
post-registration domestic nursing students by campus location in
Western Australia
Table B7 2001 undergraduate pre-registration and
post-registration domestic nursing students by campus location in
ACT, Northern Territory and Tasmania
Table B8 1999, 2000, and 2001 undergraduate pre-registration and
post-registration domestic nursing student completions by State and
university
Table B9 2001 undergraduate pre-registration and
post-registration domestic nursing student completions by State,
university and campus location
Table C1 New South Wales 2001 projected university and
non-university domestic nursing student course completions by
nursing course specialty
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