Nursing and Midwifery

A knee injury forced A-grade soccer star Jessica to reassess her future. A suggestion from her grandparents led to an online nursing degree at CDU, and now she’s kicking goals in a totally new career.

Seeing her mother, grandma and aunt helping people within the local community inspired Darwin local Katie Chesworth to take the leap and study a Bachelor of Nursing at CDU.

Jubilee Weo always dreamed of becoming a nurse and she’s let nothing stand in her way. Not even the fact that she didn't meet the prerequisites for a nursing degree.

When Alicia Burrows gave birth, it wasn’t just her daughter that she fell in love with. It was also the idea of pursuing a new career as a midwife. Now she's juggling work, family and an online midwifery degree to make her dream a reality. 

As a busy mum and trained dancer, Michelle never dreamed that a different career would be possible. But CDU changed all that. Waltzing through a flexible online nursing degree, she's is now dancing to a different tune working as a nurse.

Aged care clinical nurse Fifi is not only passionate about caring for her patients; she wants to support those joining the nursing profession, too. A 100% online postgraduate certificate in clinical facilitation is helping her achieve this goal.

For nurses on the frontline, COVID-19 has meant a huge shift in healthcare practice and patient care. So, how will these changes affect professional development for nurses?

Faced with more clinical unknowns at work, registered nurse Robyn decided the time was right to return to uni and do a postgraduate nursing course. Thanks to the flexibility of online study, she’s been able to finish it in just 12 weeks.

It’s not the norm for research projects to observe outcomes improved by 50 per cent. In fact, it’s quite unusual. But this is what CDU’s Indigenous Birthing in an Urban Setting (IBUS) research project has found. The results send a strong signal that the preterm birth gap can be reduced.