Nursing and midwifery are exciting, diverse and rewarding careers where you can make a true difference in people's lives.
This program takes adopts a narrative and inquiry-based approach to learning and integrates lecture-based study with clinical practice in major teaching hospitals.
Combining the stand alone Bachelor of Nursing and Bachelor of Midwifery degrees, this program provides students with specific knowledge across parallel skill areas.
The program is underpinned by an innovative, inquiry-based learning curriculum model which has been informed in international best practice by industry experts and responds to current national and global population health challenges.
In the first 3 years of the program lectures and problem-based tutorials are incorporated with clinical experiences in selected partner teaching hospitals and health districts. In the final year of the program students undertake extensive preceptored clinical placement providing them with exposure to an area of specialty midwifery and nursing practice and the opportunity to consolidate and refine their skills in order to meet national competency standards for nurses and midwives and facilitate a smooth transition to graduate practice.
Courses
See the
course list
for courses that can be studied as part of the Bachelors of Nursing/Midwifery.
Click on the course code to view the Course Profile, for further
information including advice of courses with shared teaching activities.
Placement courses
You will undertake over 1,000 hours^ of supervised clinical practice in a range of clinical settings that includes hospitals and a variety of health care organisation. You will have the opportunity during your placements to apply your theoretical knowledge acquired through coursework to practice and develop your clinical skills in real life settings.
^ included in these hours are a number of 'continuity of care' that are completed over the duration of the program; this involves accompanying a woman through pregnancy, birth and the postpartum period. You may need to attend Continuity of Care experiences outside regular study and placement times.
You will commence your clinical placements in the first semester of the program. Over the first three years of the program your will normally complete 15x 8-hour shifts per semester and in the final year you will complete extended full time clinical placements in Nursing and Midwifery.
Location
Upon entering your program you will preference and then be allocated to a home hospital group. For further information on home hospital groups, visit the following website.
Honours
Honours is available as an additional year of study.
To complete the Bachelors of Nursing/Midwifery
To fulfil the requirements of the Bachelors of Nursing/Midwifery, a student must complete the requisite number of courses chosen
from the course list in accordance with the Program Rules.
For more information on program requirements, please contact the Faculty.
Students should be aware of the University of Queensland policies and rules which govern the conduct of UQ programs. These may be found on
the UQ policies and rules page on the
my.UQ website.
