HLT54121 Diploma of Nursing
Current Release 6, its 20 core units and five electives.
The qualification at a glance
The national record checked on 8 October 2026 lists Release 6, dated 22 December 2025. No entry requirements are specified nationally; provider admission and approved nursing program requirements remain separate.
Choose three electives from the listed bank. The other two can come from the bank, elsewhere in HLT or another current training package or accredited course, within the role and qualification-level rules.
The 20 compulsory core units
These units are the verified core list. Ask the provider for the five electives and the teaching and assessment sequence that complete its training plan.
- CHCDIV001 — Work with diverse people
- CHCDIV002 — Promote Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander cultural safety
- CHCPRP003 — Reflect on and improve own professional practice
- HLTAAP002 — Confirm physical health status
- HLTAAP003 — Analyse and respond to client health information
- HLTENN035 — Practise nursing within the Australian health care system
- HLTENN036 — Apply communication skills in nursing practice
- HLTENN037 — Perform clinical assessment and contribute to planning nursing care
- HLTENN038 — Implement, monitor and evaluate nursing care
- HLTENN039 — Apply principles of wound management
- HLTENN040 — Administer and monitor medicines and intravenous therapy
- HLTENN041 — Apply legal and ethical parameters to nursing practice
- HLTENN042 — Implement and monitor care for a person with mental health conditions
- HLTENN043 — Implement and monitor care for a person with acute health conditions
- HLTENN044 — Implement and monitor care for a person with chronic health conditions
- HLTENN045 — Implement and monitor care of the older person
- HLTENN047 — Apply nursing practice in the primary health care setting
- HLTENN068 — Provide end of life care and a palliative approach in nursing practice
- HLTINF006 — Apply basic principles and practices of infection prevention and control
- HLTWHS002 — Follow safe work practices for direct client care
What did the later register check confirm?
The supplied register record checked on 11 October 2026 also identifies current Release 6 dated 22 December 2025. The 20 core codes and titles match the retained unit grid. This qualification check does not confirm any provider’s current program approval or intake.
How should you read the unit list?
The core brings together communication, cultural safety, clinical assessment, care, medicines, infection prevention and professional practice. Ask for the five selected electives and a map from teaching subjects to unit assessments. A unit title describes curriculum; it is not clinical instruction or permission to practise independently.