Prepare for Your Nursing Clinical Placements

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Sonia Online Placement System
To complete your work-integrated learning and professional placement experience units within the Bachelor of Nursing and Bachelor of Nursing (Enrolled Nurse Pathway), you'll need to meet a range of work-integrated learning pre-placement compulsory conditions, known as mandatory checks.

Mandatory checks are in place to protect yourself and others during WIL placement, and you'll need to meet these requirements and provide evidence of doing so before you begin your professional/clinical placement units.

As a CQU nursing student, you'll submit your documentation and evidence of meeting the relevant mandatory checks via the Sonia online placement system.

Obtaining the required pre-placement mandatory check paperwork and documentation can take time, so it's important to get started early (as soon as you've accepted your offer) so that you can meet the required deadlines outlined below and your study isn't delayed. 

Mandatory Checks - Critical Information

The following mandatory checks are required if you are studying the following nursing degrees:

  • CL91 - Bachelor of Nursing
  • CM77 - Bachelor of Nursing (Enrolled Nurse Pathway)

Instruction sheets and details on what you need to provide are listed with each requirement, but if you're not sure or have questions about any of the mandatory checks required, contact our work-integrated learning compliance team via email at WILCompliance@cqu.edu.au. 

Mandatory Check Deadlines for 2025

Meeting these deadlines ensures that CQU's work-integrated learning compliance team can verify your evidence in time for your placements to be organised.

If you're studying a Bachelor of Nursing or Bachelor of Nursing (Enrolled Nurse Pathway) at CQU, your pre-placement mandatory check documentation needs to be submitted by the following dates:

Term 1, 2025

  • Mandatory check deadline: Monday, 20 January 2025
  • Term commences: Monday, 10 March 2025

Term 2, 2025

  • Mandatory check deadline: Monday, 19 May 2025
  • Term commences: Monday, 14 July 2025

Term 3, 2025

  • Mandatory check deadline: Monday, 22 September 2025
  • Term commences: Monday, 10 November 2025

What Happens When Your Mandatory Checks are Verified

Once all mandatory checks are verified as correct, you will be eligible for placement, which means that our work-integrated learning team can allocate you for your placement by the designated placement release date for the unit of study.

If you have not satisfied or completed the required mandatory checks by the required deadline, you will not be eligible for placement and will, therefore, not be authorised to commence your placement. This will delay your study.

Need help?

If you need help or have questions about the work-integrated learning mandatory checks for the Bachelor of Nursing or the Bachelor of Nursing (Enrolled Nurse Pathway), contact our work-integrated learning compliance team via email at WILCompliance@cqu.edu.au. 

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