Midwives play an invaluable role in facilitating childbirth and caring for mothers and babies throughout pregnancy, labour and beyond. With Deakin’s combined Bachelor of Nursing/Bachelor of Midwifery, you will graduate with the skills and knowledge to gain registration as a nurse and a midwife, opening the door to a highly rewarding and diverse career.

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

Throughout this course, you will gain a valuable mix of hands-on clinical practice and theory. Clinical placement gives you the opportunity to develop skills in a range of areas, such as:

• maternity care, including antenatal, birthing and post-natal
• neonatal care
• paediatrics
• acute/sub-acute care
• medical and surgical care
• aged care
• rehabilitation
• community nursing
• mental health nursing.

You will gain real-world experience by spending approximately half of your degree on clinical placement in various health care settings, including hospitals and community health centres in metropolitan, rural and regional areas.

You will be provided with the tools necessary to obtain the knowledge, skills and ethical behaviours appropriate for contemporary nursing and midwifery practice in health care.

With help from our industry leading academics, you will develop the ability to bring your practical knowledge to life when you begin your nursing practice. These competencies will ensure you achieve the standards expected of registered nurses and registered midwives in a variety of contexts.

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 is a career rich with opportunity. As a Deakin graduate, you will be highly sought-after for the many transferable skills you will obtain, such as:

• nursing and midwifery skills
• health sector knowledge
• critical thinking and problem solving
• communication

You will enter the world of nursing and midwifery with the ability to provide high-quality, person-centred and evidence-based care focused on improving patient outcomes.

As a registered nurse and registered midwife, you can pursue a global career in a range of work settings, such as:

• maternity services
• acute care/sub-acute care
• emergency
• paediatrics
• neonatal care
• rehabilitation
• community health centres
• 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 areas available. We encourage you to look at continuing professional development throughout your career; this may include postgraduate degrees and/or research degrees, including masters and PhDs