School of Nursing and Midwifery

Preparing for caring

The DMU School of Nursing & Midwifery is based in the City Centre of Leicester within the Faculty of Health & Life Sciences. The School is located within two buildings, Hawthorn and Edith Murphy which have recently undergone extensive refurbishment and modernisation. The Nursing & Midwifery courses have been commended by a recent NMC visits on a number of areas, in particular, practice learning which includes our effective partnership working with Trust colleagues and the excellent work around the patient and public involvement within all of our courses.

The academic and research staff within the school are all registered nurses and midwives with designated link areas, which enables them to keep in contact with students and staff when on clinical placements. Some of the teaching team participate in new nursing and midwifery initiatives, whilst others are undertaking PhD research projects or writing textbooks with a good national reputation.

According to ‘The Code; Standards of Conduct, Performance and Ethics for Nurses and Midwives’ (NMC 2008), as a registered nurse or midwife you are required to 'keep your knowledge and skills up to date throughout your working life’ and ‘…take part in appropriate learning and practice activities that maintain and develop your competence and performance’.

Whilst such requirements can be met in a variety of different ways, here at De Montfort University, registered nurses and midwives have a number of study opportunities for learning beyond registration/post registration to meet both professional and personal education requirements.

BBC See Hear visits student midwives at De Montfort University