Qualification Overview
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Qualification Title | Postgraduate Certificate in Nursing | |||
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Qualification Type | Postgraduate Certificate | |||
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Level | 8 | |||
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Credits | 60 | |||
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Strategic Purpose Statement |
Prepare post-reg. nurses to acquire adv. knowledge and skills, and utilise professional judgement, ethical decision making, critiquing research skills in order to practise as an advanced practitioner. This programme provides Registered Nurses with the opportunity to extend their clinical knowledge and skills in a specific area of practise. The Postgraduate Diploma in Nursing with an optional endorsement in Maori Mental Health and optional pathway in Registered Nurse Prescribing aims to prepare nurses as skilled practitioners who are responsive to health service demands for increasingly complex population health needs. It will foster the development of nursing practice at an advanced level within the registered nurse scope of practice, using a generalist and/or specialist focus. The focus for professional growth and learning is the development of a stronger capability to lead and manage complex, challenging and rapidly changing clinical situations and environments.
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Graduate profile |
Registered nurse with extended knowledge of clinical practice and skills. The programme is designed to extend and deepen nurses' assessment, diagnostic reasoning, and critical thinking skills through learning in core and option and specialty nursing practice subjects.
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Education pathways |
Further post graduate study.
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Entry Requirements |
Undergraduate degree in Nursing or have been granted ad eundum status. An undergraduate degree in nursing with at least a B average in grades in final years or equivalent.
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Developed By | Te Pukenga - New Zealand Institute of Skills and Technology | |||
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Quality Assured By | New Zealand Qualifications Authority | |||
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Number | WK2456 | |||
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Status | Discontinued | |||
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Next Review | December 2021 | |||
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