Set yourself up for a fulfilling career as a nurse or midwife, equipped with excellent skills in person-centred health care. Our courses are designed in collaboration with healthcare partners, ensuring your learning is based on current practice.
Extensive professional experience placement hours are embedded within many of our undergraduate and postgraduate degrees. You’ll work in real healthcare settings from your very first trimester of undergraduate study and throughout your degree.
If you choose to complete your placements on our Fellowship Program, you can maximise your learning experience within one hospital or health network across your full degree.
I had two clinical placements in first year and one of them was rural. These were extremely rewarding to me as it really enhanced my skills and abilities, setting me up for nursing assistant jobs while I’m studying and for my future as a registered nurse.
Beth Lightbody
Bachelor of Nursing
We are ranked #16 in the world for nursing* and we’re committed to ensuring you graduate with high-quality patient care skills.
When not on placement, you'll learn in our advanced clinical nursing and midwifery simulation centres at our Melbourne Burwood, Geelong Waterfront, and Warrnambool campuses. Simulating real hospital and community environments, the centres boast all of the state-of-the-art equipment you'll encounter in your clinical placements in healthcare settings.
Our nursing and midwifery courses are accredited by the Australian Nursing and Midwifery Accreditation Council and approved by the Nursing and Midwifery Board of Australia, ensuring clear career outcomes upon graduation.
This means after completing a Deakin nursing course, you’re eligible to apply for registration as a registered nurse with the Nursing and Midwifery Board of Australia. On completion of the Bachelor of Nursing/Bachelor of Midwifery, you’re also eligible to register as a midwife.
Re-imagine your career, connect with our partners and make your impact alongside world-leading researchers at the School of Nursing and Midwifery. Our honours, masters and PhD students have access to a diverse range of hospitals and healthcare agencies due to our well-established partnership network.
Our international study tours and exchange programs can help you appreciate a nurse’s role in different environments and understand the meaning of global citizenship through practical experience.
Our cross-cultural study tours run for two to four weeks and can be taken as an elective unit towards your degree. You'll connect with leading health organisations, while exploring countries such as India, Thailand and the Philippines.
Bachelor of Nursing students can opt to study at VIA University College in Viborg, Denmark for a full trimester. You'll get credit towards your degree and an unforgettable travel experience. Students from Denmark also visit and study at Deakin as part of this exchange program.
Sign up to the Faculty of Health’s Peer Mentor Program in your first year at Deakin to get support and guidance from senior students in your course. You’ll learn about the support services and facilities available, while gaining useful tips about studying at Deakin.
*2023 ShanghaiRanking's Global Ranking of Academic Subjects
^Excellence in Research Australia (ERA) 2018
Get in touch if you have any further questions regarding the School of Nursing and Midwifery.
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