About the School
Welcome from the Head of School
I would like to welcome you to the School of
Nursing & Midwifery. We are one of three schools within the
Division of Health Sciences,
with the School’s programs offered at the City East, Mount Gambier and Whyalla
campuses of the University.
Occupying purpose built teaching facilities, incorporating fully equipped clinical nursing and bioscience laboratories, specialised computing pools and research areas, the School offers undergraduate, postgraduate and research programs in the areas of nursing, midwifery and health.
With formal links to professional nursing bodies and health partners both locally and overseas, and with a commitment to advancing research and teaching in nursing and health, the School of Nursing & Midwifery is proud of its achievements in providing high quality education, research and consultancy, to meet the needs of the nursing profession and the health industry.
Excellent employment opportunities exist for graduates in South Australia as well as nationally and internationally. Registered Nurses and Registered Midwives can further their careers by undertaking post-registration study within the School at UniSA in other specialist areas, such as, psychiatric mental health, occupational health and safety and other clinical specialty areas including cardiovascular nursing, critical care nursing, health and ageing, immunisation, leadership and management and nurse education.
As the first UniSA PhD graduate from Nursing, I have a background in Midwifery, Neonatal paediatrics and Aged and Palliative care nursing. My particular interests are in aged care both within the acute care and residential care environments.
My role as the Head of School is to ensure our school provides an environment where high quality teaching and learning takes place so that our graduates are prepared for the diversity of health care required for today’s and the future health care system. To ensure this we developed a new curriculum which was introduced in 2007 that is innovative and flexible and produces nurses with skills that the health industry needs. As a result students will be critical thinkers, able to work in a range of different environments with knowledge and skills underpinned by a population focus of health. As part of UniSA’s hub of health care professionals we are focusing on prevention and wellness, not just illness and care.
We value your feedback about our programs so if there is anything that you think we should know about please contact me.
Professor
Helen McCutcheon
Head of School
School of Nursing & Midwifery