Nursing, midwifery and paramedicine
Overview
Now more than ever, we understand the critical importance of health experts. Learn the skills to change lives and make a difference with a degree that’s highly regarded by the industry.
- Get the best preparation for a career in health, with work placements, world-class teachers and online learning for many courses.
- Find the health specialty that suits you with a huge range of degrees, tailored class sizes and word-class facilities.
- Learn in Victoria’s leading hospitals through our on-site clinical schools and work placements, including Australia’s largest Rural Health School and our dedicated Paramedicine Practical Laboratory.
Your questions answered
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Franchesca talks about her placements and what she gained from experiencing different placements.
Franchesca talks about what she learns in her nursing and midwifery classes.
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TOP 100
globally for nursing
QS World University Rankings by Subject 2022
$1937
median weekly earnings for full-time registered nurses
89.9%
graduates from undergraduate health services and support degree found employment within four months of graduation.
Quality Indicators for Learning and Teaching (QILT) 2021
Possible careers
Our nursing, midwifery and paramedicinegraduates enjoy excellent career prospects across a variety of healthcare settings.
Take up nursing positions in the surgical, medical, paediatric, perioperative, emergency, rehabilitation, aged care, mental health, special care nursery or community fields.
Work across a variety of healthcare settings to diagnose and treat patients across all ages for a variety of acute or chronic health conditions.
Take up midwifery, maternal or child health nursing positions to care for people during their pregnancy, labour and after giving birth.
Respond to medical emergencies and assess and attend to patients with life-threatening and non-life-threatening conditions.
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