Bachelor of Nursing Science-Bachelor of Midwifery
James Cook University
About
The nursing and midwifery double degree opens many career paths.
Graduates work in hospitals and a variety of health care settings and are eligible for professional registration in Australia as a General Nurse and a Midwife.Extensive professional experience placement and continuity of midwifery care experiences throughout the course enables real life clinical practice in rural, remote and tropical Australia.Your nursing career pathway could include intensive care, emergency, neurology, orthopaedics, radiology, communicable diseases, research, paediatrics and special care nurseries.
Your midwifery career could include autonomous practice in private or group practice settings where you will provide continuity of care to women during their pregnancy, labour, birth and the postnatal period.
Structure
CORE SUBJECTS
Level 1 (First Year)
Teaching Period 1 (First Half Year)
BM1011:03 Physiological Systems and Processes 1
HS1111:03 Communication for Nursing and Midwifery
NS1771:03 Introduction to the Professions
NS1881:03 Nursing Practice 1
Teaching Period 2 (Second Half Year)
BM1022:03 Physiological Systems and Processes 2
NS1003:03 Introduction to Midwifery Practice
NS1882:03 Nursing Practice 2
NS2015:03 Law and Ethics for Nursing and Midwifery
Level 2 (Second Year)
Teaching Period 1 (First Half Year)
NS2221:03 Planning & Promoting a Healthy Pregnancy
NS2771:03 The Professional Role
NS2881:06 Nursing Practice 3
Teaching Period 2 (Second Half Year)
NS2003:03 Promoting Healthy Labour, Birth and the Post-natal Period
NS2219:03 Inclusive Practice
NS2882:06 Nursing Practice 4
Level 3 (Third Year)
Teaching Period 1 (First Half Year)
NS3228:03 Midwifery Practice and Complex Care
NS3363:03 Mental Health for Nursing and Midwifery
NS3881:06 Nursing Practice 5
Teaching Period 2 (Second Half Year)
HS2101:03 Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Health and Wellbeing
NS3229:03 Newborn Challenges and Midwifery Care
NS3991:06 Midwifery Clinical Practice 1
Level 4 (Fourth Year)
Teaching Period 1 (First Half Year)
NS3771:03 Consolidating Practice
NS4993:09 Midwifery Clinical Practice 2 (Capstone)
Teaching Period 2 (Second Half Year)
NS3882:09 Nursing Practice 6
NS4772:03 Transition to Practice (Midwifery)
Entry requirements
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| Course pre-requisites | English (Units 3/4,C) Recommended: Biology, Chemistry and one of General Maths, Mathematical Methods, or Specialists Maths (Units 3/4,C) |
| Minimum English language proficiency requirements | Applicants of non-English speaking backgrounds must meet the English language proficiency requirements of Band 3c – Schedule II of the JCU Admissions Policy. |
| Course includes mandatory professional placement(s) | Clinical placement/professional practice: This course includes extensive professional or clinical placements. Students may be required to undertake clinical placements away from the campus at which they are enrolled, at their own expense (Note: health professional courses generally involve extensive professional or clinical placements). To successfully complete the Bachelor of Nursing Science –Bachelor of Midwifery degree students are required to recruit pregnant women who consent to the student attending and observing aspects of their care provision in a continuity of care model. Continuity of care experiences are additional to planned professional or clinical placements. Aspects of continuity of care experiences are likely to occur outside business hours. Further information about placements can be found at: Coursework Enrolment Procedure. Students who have returned to study where the duration between their previous clinical placement and their pending clinical placement exceeds 12 months, may need to complete the Clinical Reconnect program. |
| Additional selection requirements | Information published by JCU or otherwise made available to students when applying, may specify additional criteria to be considered in ranking applicants in order of merit if the number of applications exceeds a quota or other limit on the places made available for the course. Information provided by applicants during the application process and any other information obtained by JCU in the application process may be used by JCU to rank applicants in order of merit by reference to those additional criteria. |
| Post admission Requirements | This course may have specific admission requirements such as immunisation, a Suitability to Work with Children Card, a federal police check and/or other conditions that students must comply with. Students must complete all professional experience placement requirements by the prescribed deadlines and maintain currency of these requirements in order to stay admitted in the course. You will find your course requirements here: https://www.jcu.edu.au/professional-experience-placement/preparation-checklists |
Learning outcomes
Work in JCU’s state-of-the-art clinical simulation laboratories, studying nursing and midwifery concurrently from your first year of study.
Your four year full-time (or part-time equivalent*) accredited course includes extensive professional or clinical placements. Throughout your placement, you apply theoretical knowledge in a practical context, preparing you for smooth transition into the workplace. Gain experience with our partner hospitals and health services across regional, rural and remote Queensland including Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander communities and international locations.
Students enrolled in this degree will have student registration with the Nursing and Midwifery Board of Australia (NMBA) through the Australian Health Practitioner Regulation Agency (AHPRA). Graduates are eligible to apply for professional registration with the Nursing and Midwifery Board of Australia.
Prescribed professional or clinical placements will be required to be completed away from the Townsville campus, at your own expense. Continuity of care experiences are central to the midwifery curriculum and require you to attend antenatal and postnatal appointments and labour and birth with women throughout the course. These experiences are additional to professional experience placement and may require your attendance in the evenings, overnight and on weekends.
View the handbook for a detailed overview of core subjects and available options.
*Part-time study option is available in first year only.
Additional information
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