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Course Overview
Eligibility
Career & Study Pathways
Quality & Recognition
Course Content
Academic Integrity and Respect at Deakin
0 credit point compulsory unit
Introduction to Anatomy and Physiology
Level 1 - Trimester 1
Evidence-Based Practice
Level 1 - Trimester 1
Quality and Safety: Nursing Practice 1
Level 1 - Trimester 1
Quality and Safety in Health Care 1
Level 1 - Trimester 1
Care of the Child and Adolescent
Level 1 - Trimester 2
Person-Centred Health Assessment
Level 1 - Trimester 2
Quality and Safety: Nursing Practice 2
Level 1 - Trimester 2
Partnerships in Midwifery 1: Pregnancy Care
Level 1 - Trimester 2
Quality Use of Medicines
Level 2 - Trimester 1
Acute Illness and Supportive Care
Level 2 - Trimester 1 (2 credit points)
Partnerships in Midwifery 2: Labour and Birth Care
Level 2 - Trimester 1
Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Peoples' History, Culture and Health
Level 2 - Trimester 2 (Burwood/Waterfront); Level 4 - Trimester 1 (Warrnambool)
Mental Health and Supportive Care
Level 2 - Trimester 2 (2 credit points)
Partnerships in Midwifery 3: Postnatal Care
Level 2 - Trimester 2
Chronic Illness and Supportive Care
Level 3 - Trimester 1 (2 credit points)
Complex Midwifery Care
Level 3 - Trimester 1 (2 credit points)
Mental Health and Wellbeing
Level 3 - Trimester 2
Neonatal Challenges in Midwifery Practice
Level 3 - Trimester 2
Quality and Safety: Midwifery Practice 1
Level 3 - Trimester 2 (2 credit points)
Primary Health Care
Level 4 - Trimester 1 (Burwood/Waterfront); Level 2 - Trimester 1 (Warrnambool)
Care of the Older Person
Level 4 - Trimester 1
Quality and Safety: Midwifery Practice 2
Level 4 - Trimester 1
Emergency Midwifery Care
Level 4 - Trimester 1
Quality and Safety in Health Care 2
Level 4 - Trimester 2
Quality and Safety: Comprehensive Nursing Practice
Level 4 - Trimester 2 (2 credit points)
Contemporary Midwifery Practice
Level 4 - Trimester 2
Common Questions
Professional experience placements total 41 weeks throughout the course. This includes 800 hours (20 weeks) for the nursing component in hospitals and community health centres in metropolitan, rural and regional areas, and approximately 840 hours (21 weeks) for the midwifery component in midwifery settings across Victoria. Placements begin in Trimester 1 of your first year and continue throughout every trimester of the course.
All students must complete three mandatory checks: a Police Record Check (required prior to professional experience placements in each calendar year of the course), a Working with Children Check (required at the commencement of the course in accordance with the Worker Screening Act 2020), and an Immunisation declaration to satisfy the requirements of health organisations. Students who fail to obtain these checks prior to the commencement of professional experience placement will not be able to undertake placement, which will impede progress in the course.
The lowest selection rank ATARs (based on 2026 early and first round VTAC offers, including relevant adjustment factors) are: 83.75 for Burwood (Melbourne), 80.05 for Waterfront (Geelong), and 76.1 for Warrnambool. Deakin Guaranteed ATARs (for eligible students) are 74 for Burwood, 71 for Waterfront, and 67 for Warrnambool.
You will gain clinical skills in a variety of settings including acute/sub-acute care, medical and surgical care, paediatrics, aged care, rehabilitation, community nursing and mental health nursing. Midwifery clinical experiences include all areas of midwifery practice, including pregnancy care, labour and birth, postnatal care and neonatal special care. These may be undertaken in hospitals and community health care centres in metropolitan, rural and regional areas.
No. The Bachelor of Nursing/Bachelor of Midwifery is only available full-time. It is a 4-year full-time course available at Burwood (Melbourne), Waterfront (Geelong), and Warrnambool campuses, with intake commencing in Trimester 1 (March). Students may be able to study available units in the optional third trimester to fast-track their degree.
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