Bachelor of Midwifery/Bachelor of Nursing

During your Bachelor of Midwifery/Bachelor of Nursing degree, you'll acquire practical skills for each profession - and the healthcare knowledge common to both.

You'll practise your new skills in a safe environment on campus, using technology that simulates patient care. You'll also undertake many weeks' supported clinical practice, working with real patients. By the time you graduate, you'll be work-ready - with genuine experience caring for women through pregnancy, childbirth, and post-birth.

We will teach you to understand your patients' health needs, as well as their social need to feel safe in your care, based on:

• up-to-date and evidence-informed health care
• awareness and understanding of cultural safety and sensitivity
• woman-centred and person-centred quality care
• development of professional relationships and workplace integration.

Nursing and midwifery complement each other perfectly, and give you choice and flexibility in your career. After graduating from this course, you'll be able to register and practise as a registered midwife and registered nurse.

Location: Please note that you will study at St Albans Campus for years 1-2, and at Sunshine Clinical School for years 3-4.

Registered midwives work in hospitals, group practices and the community sector in antenatal, birthing and postnatal units.

Nursing graduates work in general practice, acute care, aged care, rehabilitation, mental health, palliative care and health education.

Many of our graduates hold nursing positions at Sunshine Hospital (Western Health) and the Royal Women's Hospital.

• registered midwife
• registered nurse
• nursing manager
• nursing educator
• clinical nurse specialist.

Use Labour Market Insights to find average salaries in Australia:

• average midwife average salary, via Labour Market Insights
• average registered nurse salary, via Labour Market Insights.

The nursing and midwifery professions need qualified employees.

In 2021 the State of the World's Midwifery report identified a global shortage of midwives. In nursing, there are large demands for aged-care nurses, mental health nursing and critical care (HealthTimes).

The number of job openings for midwives and registered nurses is expected to continue to grow over the next five years (Labour Market Insights).

When you graduate, you'll be eligible to register with the Nursing and Midwifery Board of Australia to practise as a registered nurse and registered midwife in the Australian healthcare system.

You'll also meet the standards of midwifery and nursing practice to register with the Australian Health Practitioners Regulation Agency (AHPRA).

To attain the Bachelor of Midwifery / Bachelor of Nursing, students will be required to complete:

• 384 credit points of Core Midwifery and Nursing studies.

Use our credit calculator to find out how much credit you could get towards your course, based on your previous study.

If you have completed study with another university or institution and believe you are eligible to receive credit for skills and past study, you can apply for advanced standing.

Applications for advanced standing can be made after a discussion with your course chair or academic adviser.