The EIT | Te P?kenga Master of Nursing programme will enhance your nursing knowledge, skills in critical analysis, constructive synthesis, along with advanced practice and research within your specialty area, particularly in preparation for advanced practice roles.

 

This qualification has been specifically designed to prepare nurses for the advanced practice role as a Nurse Practitioner and is approved by the Nursing Council of New Zealand as a “masters with a clinical focus, including the content for preparation for nurse prescribing”.

 

For nurses considering the Nurse Practitioner pathway, the Nursing Council of New Zealand requires that you complete specific courses.

 

Outline

The Master of Nursing degree is a 240 credit (three to six years), applied clinically-focused programme characterised by advanced study in nursing.

 

You will develop advanced nursing knowledge, skills of critical analysis, constructive synthesis, advanced practice and research within your specialty area.

 

The Master of Nursing is awarded upon successful completion of four courses from the programme schedule plus MN9.490 Masterate Research Thesis, or MNSC9.001 Critical Inquiry for Nursing Practice and MNSC9.002 Research Project, followed by MN8.427 Advanced Practice for Nurse Practitioners.

 

For nurses intending to apply for Nurse Practitioner registration, the following courses must be included in the schedule of study:

• MN8.401 Advanced Clinical Assessment and Diagnostic Reasoning

• MN8.402 Advanced Pathophysiology for Health Professionals

• MN8.409 Pharmacotherapeutics for Advanced Nursing/Midwifery Practice

• MN8.424 Registered Nurse Prescribing Practicum

• MN8.427 Advanced Practice for Nurse Practitioner

 

It is recognised that those undertaking this programme are often engaged in full-time clinical practice and study part-time.

 

Where there is a clinical practice component to the learning, you need to be employed in a clinical setting.

 

This programme is accredited by the Nursing Council of New Zealand for the Nurse Practitioner pathway.

 

We recommend that you take the opportunity to discuss your study options with the School of Nursing Postgraduate Programmes Coordinator, prior to enrolment, to help ensure that you select the most appropriate pathway to meet your career goals.