School of Nursing and Midwifery
Welcome to the School of Nursing and Midwifery. Our School offers high quality courses with strong links to local health districts. Our staff are active in research and committed to the delivering the best teaching strategies to equip our students to be valuable practitioners in a variety of healthcare settings.
Current School of Nursing and Midwifery News
| 22Jan | Students volunteer in VietnamTwo of our undergraduate nursing students - Samantha Scheffer and Nicole Powers - recently completed a successful volunteer placement in Vietnam. Find out more… |
| 21Nov | Nurses 4 Nurses Ourimbah complete the 'Relay for Life'Nurses 4 Nurses Ourimbah entered a team in the 2012 Mingara Relay for Life, which took place on the 13th & 14th October. They had a small team with just 7 members; Laurie Bickhoff, Kahlee Jewell, Melissa Gillon, Amy Bickerton, Samantha Scheffer, Tracey Strong-Wilbe and Emma Maguire. Cancer has touched all of their lives. Find out more… |
| 19Nov | Graduate story: Baby on boardGiving birth inside an aircraft is not ideal — it’s safer on the ground where extra help can be summoned in case of complications — but sometimes nature intervenes, as RFDS Flight Nurse (and UoN Bachelor of Nursing graduate) Chris Minchell found out recently. Find out more… |
| 9Nov | Launch of BRICs Nursing and Midwifery HMRI NetworkThe recent launch of the BRICs HMRI network aims to create an active group of researchers with a focus on interprofessional collaboration, national and international research and communication. Find out more… |
| 16Oct | New Clinical Collaborative Partnership ModelA unique pilot Clinical Collaborative Partnership Model (CCPM) commenced in late September, this year between the School of Nursing and Midwifery (SoNM) and three health care partners; namely Gosford and Wyong hospitals in the Central Coast Local Health District (CCLHD) and Calvary Mater hospital in the Hunter New England Local Health District (HNELHD). Find out more… |