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Purpose and Values
In 2024, we considered our individual and School values, what we do, why we choose to work for Monash (our ‘why’), and what we want MNM to be known for. Over the year, we met both as a whole of School group, and in smaller working parties, to synthesise our School values and priorities. So, why does Health Starts With Us?
At Monash Nursing and Midwifery,
We invest in people, community and industry: In 2024, we continued to invest in our students, and developing the next generation of healthcare professionals. We supported students participating in learning experiences in Cambodia, and across rural and regional Australia. We invested in our staff, including supporting attendance at 55 domestic and 17 international conferences and workshops, and the delivery of two writing retreats providing protected time in a structured program to support writing. We invested in research that had an impact for the community, including work that informed the development of a Standard of Practice for primary care clinicians, hospital teams, and pharmacy services, to support older patients’ movements across transitions of care. We also invested in industry, partnering with health services, government bodies, and professional associations and we developed joint appointments with health services, delivered workshops, and supported collaborative engagements.
Our people are innovative and committed: We celebrated the commitment and innovation of our team and established new ways of doing things. Monash Nursing and Midwifery (MNM) hosted the Empathy Symposium, an opportunity to share creative and innovative education and research with national and international colleagues in health professions teaching. Two of our researchers were internationally recognised in 2024, honoured by the Sigma 2024 Emerging Nurse Researcher and Scholar award, and the Sigma 2024 International Nurse Researcher Hall of Fame award, presented at Sigma’s 35th International Nursing Research Congress in Singapore. From more than 20,000 staff across Monash University, two of our teams were recognised by the Vice Chancellor for Excellence in Education, awarded the Education Excellence Award for Innovation in Learning and Teaching (Year 1 Bachelor of Nursing and Bachelor of Nursing Bachelor of Midwifery (Honours)) and Education Excellence Award for Programs that Enhance Learning (ICU postgraduate stream).
Our graduates are work-ready: we have more than 3,150 students enrolled across undergraduate, graduate, and graduate research programs. Our students attended more than 72,000 days of clinical placement, across 19 health service providers and placement partners. We graduated 1,029 nurses and midwives across various degrees. We have introduced new postgraduate specialties, including advanced midwifery; cancer nursing; neuroscience nursing and palliative and end of life care. We are proud of the employment rate for our graduates, who are making a real contribution to their healthcare teams and we look forward to following their careers, confident in the knowledge that we have provided them with the skills and capabilities to handle future healthcare challenges successfully.
Our teams are connected and collaborative: we create genuine partnerships with authentic connections with our colleagues, students, and industry. We collaborate with 19 health service partners and placement providers, and advocate for nursing and midwifery with active representation across more than 50 government and professional organisations, steering committees and boards.
Our research informs education and health: our researchers are leading important work to improve the human condition, using evidence-based findings to create and innovate for the benefit of our students, colleagues and the people receiving healthcare. Staff undertook research across women’s and maternal health, aged care, climate change and sustainable healthcare, infection prevention and control, ageing and aged care, and much more.
Our education is authentic: health starts with us educating nurses and midwives, the cornerstone of the health system and future health workforce. Underpinned by our Education Strategy, we use evidence and real-world experiences to prepare students and graduates for lifelong learning.
I hope you enjoy reading our 2024 Annual Review.
Professor Julia Morphet
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