Bachelor
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 midwifery job opportunities expected to grow by 12.2% by 2028^. 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.
Clinical placements are undertaken in various metropolitan, regional, and rural healthcare settings and provide an opportunity to care for people from diverse cultural backgrounds in a range of health care settings. 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:
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.
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 94%*.
As a registered nurse and registered midwife, you can pursue a global career in a range of work settings, such as:
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 2022
To complete the Bachelor of Nursing/Bachelor of Midwifery students must attain 32 credit points which includes 21 credit points that are in the Bachelor of Nursing and 11 credit points that are specific to Midwifery.
Units (think of units as 'subjects') may be worth 1 or 2 credit points - check each unit for its credit point value by clicking on the unit in the course structure below. Most students choose to study 4 credit points per trimester and usually undertake two trimesters each year. All units in this course are core units and are compulsory.
All commencing Faculty of Health Undergraduate and Postgraduate course work students are required to complete
Students are required to meet the University's academic progress and conduct requirements.
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 6 credit points of Recognition of prior learning (RPL) towards this degree.
Please obtain further clarification by contacting a Student Adviser in Student Central.