Teaching & learning
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Looking ahead to 2025, we are excited to introduce three new streams to our Masters programs: Cancer Nursing, Neuroscience Nursing and Palliative and End of Life Care Nursing. Our team is continuously working to enhance the quality and innovation of education across all our programs, ensuring that all of our graduates are well prepared to meet the demands of the healthcare industry.
I am so proud of our achievements over the past 12 months and look forward to working with my exceptional colleagues towards great success in 2025.
Associate Professor Tamsin Jones
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Teaching areas summary
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Celebrating our students and graduates
Rural Placement in Traralgon, Gippsland
Second-year Bachelor of Nursing student Ryley documented his experiences studying nursing at Monash University and completing a rural placement in Traralgon, Gippsland at Latrobe Regional Health. He also gave insight on how he spent his free time whilst on placement.
Amelia Story
Amelia is looking forward to starting her career and whilst still unsure of where she’s sees herself heading knows that nursing is the career for her.
Aletha Vassiliadis
Bachelor of Nursing and Bachelor of Midwifery (Hons) graduate Alethea is currently in her grad year - “The last six months have absolutely flown by! Adjusting to life as a graduate midwife has definitely been a challenge, but has also been so, so rewarding”.
Tristan Baczyk
When you start looking, opportunities appear everywhere - even five minutes down the road! - Some people have to travel across the world to find their calling. For Monash graduate Tristam Baczyk, the answer was only five minutes away.
Peninsula Billboard
Early in 2024, Nursing and Midwifery featured on the billboard at Peninsula Campus with past student Hannah, celebrating the number of nurses and midwives taught at Peninsula.
Hannah became a local landmark for a couple of weeks, with many of her colleagues commenting on seeing her on their way into work, so Hannah visited the billboard to have a look for herself.
Nursing and Midwifery Annual Badge Ceremony
Nursing badges hold a deep sense of belonging and achievement, with a rich history dating back to military, chivalric, and religious orders. These badges were used to honour those who pursued excellence in the profession.
We are beyond proud to continue this tradition, and to celebrate the achievements and hard work of our graduating students as they take their first steps into their nursing and midwifery careers. Best of luck on your journey!
Intensive Care Nurses – recognised with excellence awards
Congratulations to the nine students in our Master of Advanced Clinical Nursing – Intensive care nursing stream who were nominated for an Australian College of Critical Care Nurses certificate and professional recognition for the best critical care nurse graduate for the year.
Rhiarna Bell
Being a midwife can be many things, but boring is not one of them! Rhiarna was looking for a dynamic, passion driven change of pace when she arrived at Monash Uni’s Open Day. She didn’t have to look any further than the nursing and midwifery degrees to find a challenging but rewarding direction to take her future.
Medicine, Nursing and Health Sciences Faculty Student Awards
The annual Faculty of Medicine, Nursing and Health Sciences awards is an opportunity to recognise and celebrate the achievements of many of our highest-performing students. 12 nursing and midwifery students were recognised over 11 awards.
A Day on Clinical Placement
What is it like on clinical Placement day? 3rd year Bachelor of nursing student Ash, takes us along on her first day at an ICU placement and shares how she prepares for this and what her experiences are.
Aspire to Inspire
Our students and graduates shared why they decided to be a nurse, who their role models were and what their aspirations were for the future.
Ashleigh Wilson
3rd year Bachelor of Nursing student and RUSON nurse, Ash Wilson believes everyone has their ‘why’ for studying nursing but hers was closer to home “My motives for studying nursing were influenced by my role model, Anne Young, a woman who spent over seven years of her life along with many others nursing in Northern India to support the government TB (Tuberculosis) efforts, and she was also my late great aunt. Participating in public health messaging, inpatient and outpatient mobile settings working to coordinate TB outreach programs with the mission of alleviating human suffering. Anne speaks of her own quiet mission better than I ever could, "It annoys me to think that some people just get a raw deal and others have a cushy life. I prefer to do social type of work. I prefer to do it for people who need it."
Ash goes on, “I aspire to become a critical care nurse and apply my knowledge and skills to rural and remote communities with minimally resourced health services. I think it would be an interesting challenge of skill and perseverance to provide healthcare in austere environments and one day would love to take the opportunity to travel overseas and work as a registered nurse. Until then however, my goal is to show up every day and be the best nurse I can be for all patients.”
Hannah Humphries
Bachelor of Nursing and Bachelor of Midwifery (Hons) graduate Hannah Humphries, chose to pursue a career in nursing and midwifery because she wanted to help and work with people, and have something new and different each and every day. “I think my career has been everything that I'd hoped it would be so far. I have worked and learnt from so many supportive, knowledgeable, and generous colleagues and just have the best fun! Some days are harder than others but the teams that I work in really make all the difference.”
Hannah wanted to be a nurse since primary school but believes that this came from her nan, Anne, and Aunt Pauline. “As much as they both have killer senses of humour and love to be busy, I always admired that their first instinct in any situation was always to care and be generous with their time and knowledge towards whoever was around them. I think that seeing that this career gives you so many futures and so many possibilities to explore really inspired me to follow their lead. Whilst I am still in the early years of my career, I would really love to continue to work in both nursing and midwifery but ultimately, I would love to work in education and return to my rural roots and work regionally."
Jahred Doumias
Graduate Jahred Doumias, chose to study nursing after watching a movie one night, which featured a nurse as the main character. “Whilst watching the movie, it finally hit me. My passion for helping others, and my love for the human body were the perfect mix for a nursing career. I soon realised that I appreciated having a career where there is always room to grow and learn new things. I also love the freedom that nursing gives with the ability to transition into different areas of work.
After completing my Bachelor of Nursing with Monash, I started my career in the emergency department and I quickly learnt that this was a place where people felt vulnerable and more than ever, needed support and reassurance. I found that as a nurse, I was the person who spent the most time with a patient, providing me with the opportunity to advocate for their needs and provide personalised care. Now, in my new field of work, as a Hospital in the Home and District Nurse at West Gippsland Healthcare I feel honoured and privileged to be able to bring that same care into people’s homes where they feel safe. Having only recently commenced my career in community nursing, I look forward to continually consolidating my knowledge and continuing being able to provide health care in the comfort of people’s own homes. I have become an advocate for caring for people in their personal environments, and I look forward to growing in my current position where I can encourage and facilitate hospital care in people’s homes."