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:maternity care, including pregnancy, birthing and post-natalneonatal special carepaediatricsacute/sub-acute caremedical and surgical careaged carerehabilitationcommunity nursingmental health nursingClinical placements begin in Trimester 1 of your first year and continue throughout every trimester of the course with a total of over 40 weeks duration.Gain a valuable mix of hands-on clinical practice and theory with a nursing and midwifery school ranked #16 in the world.* 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.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.* 2023 ShanghaiRankings Global Ranking of Academic Subjects ^ Jobs and Skills Australia Employment Projections[057656M]
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