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208 weeks
Full-time only
Trimester 1 - March (Burwood, Waterfront, Warrnambool)
Course Overview
Join one of the strongest growth areas within the health sector with Deakin's Bachelor of Nursing/Bachelor of Midwifery. Secure your future career, with nursing and midwifery job opportunities expected to grow by 11.1% by 2029. ^ Developed in consultation with our healthcare partners, ensuring you're always connected to those at the forefront of the industry, preparing you to provide high quality woman-centred midwifery care and patient-centred nursing care. Professional experience placements are undertaken in various metropolitan, regional, and rural healthcare settings and provide an opportunity to care for women and people from diverse cultural backgrounds in a range of health care settings. Ranked #14 in the world for nursing
this accredited course provides you with knowledge, skills, and ethical understanding required to become a successful registered nurse and midwife - once you graduate the choice is yours as to which career path you select. Aspiring to enter the health care sector with the confidence to succeed as both a nurse and a midwife? Under the supervision of registered nurses and midwives, you will gain real-world experience by working within multidisciplinary healthcare teams across areas including: maternity care, including pregnancy, birthing and post-natal neonatal special care paediatrics acute/sub-acute care medical and surgical care aged care rehabilitation community settings mental health care settings. Professional experience placements begin in Trimester 1 of your first year and continue throughout every trimester of the course with a total of 800 hours for nursing and approximately 840 hours for the midwifery component. Gain a valuable mix of hands-on clinical practice and theory with a nursing and midwifery school ranked #14 in the world.
As one of the most research-active schools in Australia, our School of Nursing and Midwifery boasts some of the best facilities and resources available. As a nurse and midwife, you will be part of the largest health professional group in the world. This means your skills will be in-demand, both in Australia and overseas. Explore our diverse nursing courses, including double degrees like the Bachelor of Nursing/Bachelor of Public Health and Health Promotion and the Bachelor of Nursing/Bachelor of Psychological Science, designed to help you combine your interests, broaden your expertise and stand out in the healthcare workforce. ^ 2024 Occupation Projections - for the five years to 2029, Australian Government, Jobs and Skills Australia
2025 ShanghaiRankings Global Ranking of Academic Subjects
Where You Can Study
Melbourne
1 Gheringhap St, GEELONG, VIC 3220
Eligibility
Career & Study Pathways
Nursing and midwifery are careers rich with opportunity, you will be highly sought after by industry for your knowledge, critical thinking, problem solving and communication skills, professionalism, and the ability to provide woman-centred and person-centred evidence-based care - which is why we are proud to record a high graduate employment rate of over 93%.
As a registered nurse or registered nurse/midwife, you can pursue a global career in a range of work settings, such as: hospitals homes hospices aged care settings clinics schools universities government agencies and private industries. Nursing and midwifery are diverse professions with a number of specialty practice areas available, it is expected that graduates will maintain professional development throughout their careers. This may include postgraduate degrees and/or research degrees, including masters and PhDs.
Graduate Outcomes Survey 2021-2023, based on overall employment for undergraduate nursing graduates, Quality Indicators for Learning and Teaching (QILT).
Quality & Recognition
Academic Regulator
TEQSA
Professional Body
Australian Nursing and Midwifery Accreditation Council (ANMAC)
Accreditation Status
AccreditedSkills Assessor
ANMAC
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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