Bachelor of Nursing / Bachelor of Midwifery

Midwives play an invaluable role in facilitating childbirth and caring for mothers and babies throughout pregnancy, labor, and beyond. With Deakin’s combined Bachelor of Nursing/Bachelor of Midwifery, you’ll graduate ready to gain registration as both a nurse and a midwife, opening the door to a truly rewarding and diverse career. Deakin graduates are highly sought-after for their ability to provide quality person-centered, evidence-based care, focused on improving client outcomes.

Throughout this four-year course, you will engage in experiential learning in our purpose-built Clinical Simulation Centres, along with our extensive clinical placement program. Involving over 40 weeks of real-world experience, clinical placements enable you to develop skills in a range of areas and settings, including hospitals and community health centers in metropolitan, rural, and regional areas.

Aspiring to enter the health care sector with the confidence to succeed as both a nurse and a midwife?

Gain a valuable mix of hands-on clinical practice and theory with a nursing and midwifery school that’s ranked in the top 1% of universities globally.* 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. Equipment and facilities include:

• cardiac monitoring devices
• disposable dressing packs
• high-fidelity human-patient simulators
• resuscitation trolleys
• wall oxygen and suction.

Clinical practice

Beginning soon after the commencement of the course, early exposure to the clinical environment gives you extensive opportunities to develop clinical skills in a variety of settings including acute/sub-acute care, medical and surgical care, pediatrics, aged care, rehabilitation, community nursing, and mental health nursing. Midwifery clinical experiences include all areas of midwifery practice, including pregnancy care, labor and birth, postnatal care, and neonatal care. These may be undertaken in hospitals and community health care centers in metropolitan, rural, and regional areas.

There is an expectation that you will be available to undertake clinical practicum outside of trimester dates. All expenses associated with clinical placements are your own responsibility.