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BACHELOR OF NURSING SCIENCE - BACHELOR OF MIDWIFERY

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Core Subjects Level 3

Core Subjects Level 2

Core Subjects Level 1

Core Subjects Level 4

Structure

This course is accredited by the Australian Nursing & Midwifery Accreditation Council (ANMAC). Students enrolled in this degree will be registered with the Australian Nursing & Midwifery Board of Australia (NMBA) through the Australian Health Practitioner Regulation Agency (AHPRA) for the duration of their program of study or until they are no longer enrolled. Graduates will be eligible to apply for professional registration with the Australian Nursing & Midwifery Board of Australia through the Australian Health Practitioner Regulation Agency (AHPRA).

Communicate effectively with women, their families, communities and members of the health care system to provide holistic woman-centred care in a partnership model.

Apply cognitive, technical and creative skills within a clearly defined and accepted scope of midwifery practice, ensuring referral as appropriate.

Critically evaluate practice based on agreed priorities, goals, plans and outcomes and revise practice accordingly.

Collaboratively plan, administer, document and effectively communicate quality nursing practice based on the appraisal of comprehensive, relevant information and evidence.

Employ strategies of critical analysis, evaluation and reflection as a framework for practice and continuing professional development of the self, others and the discipline of midwifery.

Demonstrate comprehensive clinical reasoning, analysis and synthesis of therapeutic interventions, informed by physiological and pathophysiology principles, in a variety of contexts.

Administer, or as appropriate delegate, quality and ethical goal-directed care based on synthesis of comprehensive and systematic assessment data, and the best available evidence, to achieve planned and agreed outcomes.

Conduct comprehensive and systematic assessments, including the analysis of information, data and outcomes as the basis for practice.

Demonstrate responsibility and accountability for their professional development and contribute to the development of others, including the provision of information and education that enable people to make decisions and take action in relation to their health.

Establish and maintain effective therapeutic and professional relationships and advocate for others in a context of healthcare and based on mutual trust, respect and collegial partnerships.

Practise midwifery using a primary health care philosophy, addressing barriers to equity and access to health care facing disadvantaged women, families and communities with particular reference to the unique needs of those in tropical, rural, remote and/or Indigenous Australian contexts.

Translate, interpret and extrapolate knowledge of midwifery practice to influence safe and effective collaborative woman-centred health outcomes at all levels.

Retrieve, critically evaluate and apply evidence in support of succinct, sequential and appropriate midwifery practice.

Critically appraise own nursing practice to ensure they are safe, capable practitioners, who conduct ongoing self-management and respond to concerns about other health professionals’ capability for practice.

Employ critical thinking and the best available evidence in making decisions that guide safe, quality nursing practice within person-centred, evidence-based and cultural safety frameworks.

Practise responsibly and with accountability, based on knowledge of the Australian health care system and in accordance with relevant policies, legislation, ethical, cultural safety and regulatory frameworks with particular emphasis on their role as advocate for women and their babies and the impact of power relationships on midwifery care.

Articulate the centrality of the relationship of women to the practice of midwifery, that is inclusive of the diverse social, cultural and spiritual values and beliefs unique to each individual, and that upholds her right to autonomy.

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Graduates must meet the Nursing and Midwifery Board of Australian (NMBA) (2016) Registered Nurse Standards for Practice and the NMBA (2018) Midwife Standards for Practice to be eligible for registration with the NMBA. NMBA requirements for fitness to practice, police checks and minimum English language proficiency must also be met. These standards may be found at: <a href="https://www.nursingmidwiferyboard.gov.au/Registration-Standards.aspx">Nursing and Midwifery Board</a>

Graduates must meet the Nursing and Midwifery Board of Australian (NMBA) (2016) Registered Nurse Standards for Practice and the NMBA (2018) Midwife Standards for Practice to be eligible for registration with the NMBA. NMBA requirements for fitness to practice, police checks and minimum English language proficiency must also be met. These standards may be found at: <a href="https://www.nursingmidwiferyboard.gov.au/Registration-Standards.aspx">Nursing and Midwifery Board</a> Offerings: All

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.

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.  Offerings: All

English (Units 3/4,C)
Recommended: Biology, Chemistry and one of General Maths, Mathematical Methods, or Specialist Maths (Units 3/4,C)

English (Units 3/4,C)
Recommended: Biology, Chemistry and one of General Maths, Mathematical Methods, or Specialist Maths (Units 3/4,C) Offerings: All

Applicants of non-English speaking backgrounds must meet the English language proficiency requirements of "Band 3c" – <a href="https://www.jcu.edu.au/policy/procedures/student-services-procedures/admissions-policy-schedule-ii">Schedule II</a> of the JCU Admissions Policy. The Australian Nursing and Midwifery Accreditation Council (ANMAC) require that all applicants demonstrate their English language proficiency. Please refer to this website for more information: <a href="https://www.qtac.edu.au/nursing-and-midwifery-courses-entry/">QTAC Nursing and Midwifery courses/entry</a> . The Nursing and Midwifery Board of Australia requires all applicants seeking initial admission to the Nursing and Midwifery Register upon graduation from their nursing course, to demonstrate the necessary English language skills. See their website at: <a href="https://www.nursingmidwiferyboard.gov.au/registration-standards.aspx">The Nursing and Midwifery Board of Australia: English Language Skills registration standard</a>

Applicants of non-English speaking backgrounds must meet the English language proficiency requirements of "Band 3c" – <a href="https://www.jcu.edu.au/policy/procedures/student-services-procedures/admissions-policy-schedule-ii">Schedule II</a> of the JCU Admissions Policy. The Australian Nursing and Midwifery Accreditation Council (ANMAC) require that all applicants demonstrate their English language proficiency. Please refer to this website for more information: <a href="https://www.qtac.edu.au/nursing-and-midwifery-courses-entry/">QTAC Nursing and Midwifery courses/entry</a> . The Nursing and Midwifery Board of Australia requires all applicants seeking initial admission to the Nursing and Midwifery Register upon graduation from their nursing course, to demonstrate the necessary English language skills. See their website at: <a href="https://www.nursingmidwiferyboard.gov.au/registration-standards.aspx">The Nursing and Midwifery Board of Australia: English Language Skills registration standard</a> Offerings: All

This course may have specific admission requirements such as immunisation, the requirement to obtain a Suitability to Work with Children Card, federal police check and/or other requirements that Students must comply with. Students must complete all Professional Experience Placement requirements by the prescribed deadlines and maintain currency of all requirements in order to stay admitted in the course. You will find your placement requirements <a href="https://www.jcu.edu.au/professional-experience-placement/preparation-checklists">here.</a>

This course may have specific admission requirements such as immunisation, the requirement to obtain a Suitability to Work with Children Card, federal police check and/or other requirements that Students must comply with. Students must complete all Professional Experience Placement requirements by the prescribed deadlines and maintain currency of all requirements in order to stay admitted in the course. You will find your placement requirements <a href="https://www.jcu.edu.au/professional-experience-placement/preparation-checklists">here.</a> Offerings: All

Inherent requirements are the identified abilities, attributes, skills, and behaviours that must be demonstrated, during the learning experience, to successfully complete a course. These abilities, attributes, skills, and behaviours preserve the academic integrity of the University's learning, assessment, and accreditation processes, and where applicable, meet the standards of a profession. For more information please visit: <a href="https://www.jcu.edu.au/inherent-requirements/nursing-science-and-midwifery">Bachelor of Nursing Science - Bachelor of Midwifery</a>. All JCU students have the opportunity to demonstrate, with reasonable adjustments where applicable, the inherent requirements for their course. For more information please visit: <a href="https://www.jcu.edu.au/policy/student-services/student-disability">Student Disability Policy and Procedure</a>.

Inherent requirements are the identified abilities, attributes, skills, and behaviours that must be demonstrated, during the learning experience, to successfully complete a course. These abilities, attributes, skills, and behaviours preserve the academic integrity of the University's learning, assessment, and accreditation processes, and where applicable, meet the standards of a profession. For more information please visit: <a href="https://www.jcu.edu.au/inherent-requirements/nursing-science-and-midwifery">Bachelor of Nursing Science - Bachelor of Midwifery</a>. All JCU students have the opportunity to demonstrate, with reasonable adjustments where applicable, the inherent requirements for their course. For more information please visit: <a href="https://www.jcu.edu.au/policy/student-services/student-disability">Student Disability Policy and Procedure</a>. Offerings: All

At the discretion of the College Dean, students may be required to undertake a prescribed English language test to ensure that they have an acceptable level of English language proficiency, including at least at the level required to be admitted to the course, to safely participate in professional experience placements.  Refer to <a href="https://www.jcu.edu.au/policy/academic-governance/learning-and-teaching/review-of-a-students-suitability-to-continue-a-course-involving-placement">Review of a Student’s Suitability to Continue a Course Involving Placement</a> policy.

At the discretion of the College Dean, students may be required to undertake a prescribed English language test to ensure that they have an acceptable level of English language proficiency, including at least at the level required to be admitted to the course, to safely participate in professional experience placements.  Refer to <a href="https://www.jcu.edu.au/policy/academic-governance/learning-and-teaching/review-of-a-students-suitability-to-continue-a-course-involving-placement">Review of a Student’s Suitability to Continue a Course Involving Placement</a> policy. Offerings: All

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: <a href="https://www.jcu.edu.au/policy/academic-governance/student-experience/coursework-enrolment-procedure">Coursework Enrolment Procedure</a>.
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.

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: <a href="https://www.jcu.edu.au/policy/academic-governance/student-experience/coursework-enrolment-procedure">Coursework Enrolment Procedure</a>.
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. Offerings: All

Course and Subject Handbook

103210 - Bachelor of Nursing Science - Bachelor of Midwifery