Nursing at La Trobe University
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La Trobe is an internationally recognised university with strong research, teaching and student exchange networks across more than 40 countries including an enviable tradition of strong affiliations within China. La Trobe also proudly serves as a leading member of the International Network of Universities. Over 118,000 students have graduated from La Trobe University and these graduates have progressed to achieve great things in many walks of life reflecting La Trobe’s remarkable history of academic innovation.
The Melbourne (Bundoora) campus is the largest of La Trobe University’s campuses and is situated 14 kilometres from Melbourne’s city centre. One of the biggest and most attractive university campuses in Australia, the campus covers 330 hectares of beautiful parkland with its own waterways, which are home to countless breeds of native birds, animals and plants, and even has its own on-campus Australian wildlife sanctuary. More than 18 000 students are currently studying at the Melbourne campus and it provides a diverse range of resources and facilities, including student accommodation and student support services, sports facilities, cinema, restaurants and cafes, banks, gift shops and even a post office!
Faculty of Health Sciences
The Faculty of Health Sciences is one of Australia’s foremost providers of health science education with a long and distinguished history in the education of health professionals. The Faculty offers undergraduate and postgraduate education across a variety of disciplines, including nursing and midwifery, physiotherapy, occupational therapy, dentistry, social work, public health and the human biosciences.
This diversity of disciplines within the Faculty of Health Sciences provides staff and students a most wonderful opportunity to work together across disciplines to create an informed and empowered team of internationally recognised health care professionals who are able to work effectively in multidisciplinary health care settings.
The Division of Nursing and Midwifery
The Division has a long and well regarded history as Australia’s oldest tertiary Division of Nursing. The Division‘s origins as a provider of high level nursing education extend back to 1948 as the College of Nursing, Australia. This extensive history has enabled the Division to enjoy a wide range of international links and to establish a tradition of innovation, excellence and dynamism in nursing research and nursing education.
Our mission is to develop new graduates, who are professional, caring and competent in contemporary nursing and midwifery practice. We encourage students to be curious and to appreciate the importance of learning and careful systematic inquiry and evaluation throughout their careers, to ensure patient care meets best practice standards, locally and internationally.
Nursing and Midwifery are global occupations and the Division’s large metropolitan and regional focus is underpinned by a curriculum that addresses the national and international contexts. In 2009 67 Chinese international students enrolled in the undergraduate nursing program at the Melbourne (Bundoora) campus alone.
The Division has a number of clinical schools, affiliated with large metropolitan teaching hospitals. These, together with a broad range of community and mental health care settings, ensure students gain an enviable depth of clinical experiences, necessary for competent clinical care across a variety of health care environments.
Studying Nursing and Midwifery
The Division of Nursing and Midwifery offers both undergraduate and postgraduate award courses and a variety of short non-award courses for clinicians in practice. All our courses are developed by academic and clinical experts to ensure they are theoretically sound, clinically relevant and meet best practice standards.
The Division’s three-year Bachelor of Nursing course offers advanced standing entry for those with international qualifications. We offer a large range of Master level courses, designed around three core areas: a clinical pathway; a professional or teaching and learning pathway; and a research pathway. Nurse-practitioner courses and PhD programs are also available. The Initial Registration for Overseas Nurses course, which allows suitably qualified international nurses to undertake a short, non-award course, necessary to work as a nurse in Victoria, will commence in January 2010.
The Division is a leader in nursing and midwifery research, with research focused on the care of the older person, cancer and palliative care, community and mental health nursing, midwifery and women’s health, and acute nursing care.
The Division of Nursing, within the Faculty of Health Sciences, at La Trobe University offers you high quality courses, stunning campus environments and infinite possibilities to succeed. Please feel welcome to explore our website http://www.latrobe.edu.au/nursing and contact us at international@latrobe.edu.au or telephone (+61 3) 9627 4805 with any questions you may have concerning your future at La Trobe University.
