Bachelor
Deakin's Bachelor of Nursing (Clinical Leadership) is the only undergraduate degree of its kind in Victoria. A specialist degree that builds on the core units of our Bachelor of Nursing with three additional core units focused on developing and enhancing your leadership potential. Through mentored learning experiences in clinical settings, you will observe and work alongside nurse leaders from our partner organisations, and experienced academics from our School of Nursing and Midwifery - ranked #16 in the world*.
Study with Victoria's #1 university for nursing course satisfaction, facilities, support services and graduate outcomes^. Practise your clinical skills in one of our state-of-the-art Clinical Simulation Centres, which replicate real-world health service facilities and prepares you for your clinical placements. You will gain the ethical understanding, knowledge and skills you need to become a successful registered nurse - a career that makes a real difference.
Eager to use your leadership skills to help those in need?
Clinical placements begin in Trimester 1 of your first year and continue throughout every trimester of the course, totalling 800 hours.
Clinical placements provide an opportunity to care for people from diverse cultural backgrounds in a range of healthcare settings, enabling application of knowledge and further development of technical and non-technical skills. You will gain extensive opportunities to develop clinical skills under the supervision of registered nurses and enables you to experience being part of a multidisciplinary healthcare team.
Your clinical placements will be undertaken in various metropolitan, regional, and rural healthcare settings providing you with a broader understanding. You will also gain clinical experience in a variety of settings including:
Nurses are in demand with the government's job projections for registered nurses expected to grow by 12.2% by 2028.#
Healthcare is one of the most important priorities for populations worldwide, with nurses playing a pivotal role in delivering quality and safe services. Thanks to our extensive clinical partnership network with many of Victoria's major healthcare providers, this course is designed to ensure you gain the leadership knowledge and hands-on skills that are most relevant to employers in the healthcare sector.
As part of your core leadership units in this specialised degree, you'll participate in mentored learning experiences, providing you with the opportunity to observe and work with:
The course is also accredited by the Australian Nursing and Midwifery Accreditation Council (ANMAC) and approved by the Nursing and Midwifery Board of Australia (NMBA), enabling clear career outcomes upon graduation.
Ranked in the top 1% of universities globally~, our School of Nursing and Midwifery is one of Australia's most research-active schools and boasts some of the best facilities and resources available. Focusing on clinical nursing leadership and management, research, and education - meaning you are well-rounded graduate with the added benefit of the valuable leadership skills you have learnt. You will be ready to successfully take on the role of a registered nurse and have taken the first step towards leading and inspiring others in your future career.
* 2023 ShanghaiRankings Global Ranking of Academic Subjects
^ Student Experience Survey 2020-2021 based on undergraduate nursing students and Graduate Outcomes Survey 2020-2022, based on overall employment for undergraduate nursing graduates, Quality Indicators for Learning and Teaching (QILT).
~ 2023 QS World University Rankings by Subject and 2022 ShanghaiRankings Global Ranking of Academic Subjects
# 2021 Occupation Projections - for the five years to November 2026, Australian Government, Jobs and Skills Australia.
This course sits as part of a larger group of courses. For more information refer to the Nursing group.
As a Deakin nursing graduate, you will be highly sought after by industry for your nursing knowledge, critical thinking, problem solving and communication skills, professionalism, and the ability to provide person-centred, evidence-based care - which is why we are proud to record a high graduate employment rate of over 94%*.
Focusing on clinical nursing leadership and management, research and education, you will be able to bring your nursing and leadership skills to life in a range of professional settings. You may find roles in all areas of nursing, such as:
In terms of settings, you may find work in:
* Graduate Outcomes Survey 2022
To complete the Bachelor of Nursing (Clinical Leadership) students must attain 24 credit points. All units are core units (these are compulsory). Students must pass all units including all components of units in the course. Units (think of units as 'subjects') may be worth 1 or 2 credit points - click on each unit to check its credit point value in the course structure below. Students study 4 credit points per trimester and usually undertake two trimesters each year.
All commencing Faculty of Health Undergraduate and Postgraduate course work students are required to complete DAI001 Academic Integrity Module (0-credit-point compulsory unit) in their first trimester of study.
The University aims to provide students with as much credit as possible for approved prior study or informal learning which exceeds the normal entrance requirements for the course and is within the constraints of the course regulations. Students are required to complete a minimum of one-third of the course at Deakin University, or four credit points, whichever is the greater.
You can also refer to the Recognition of prior learning system which outlines the credit that may be granted towards a Deakin University degree and how to apply for credit.
Enrolled Nurses
Enrolled nurses who hold a Diploma of Nursing (approved by the Nursing and Midwifery Board of Australia) and are registered with the Nursing and Midwifery Board of Australia (NMBA), can be granted up to 8 credit points of Recognition of prior learning (RPL) towards the Bachelor of Nursing (Clinical Leadership).
Please obtain further clarification by contacting a Student Adviser in Student Central.