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Postgraduate Diploma in Nursing
NU0010
Summary
This programme provides registered nurses with the opportunity to extend their clinical knowledge and skills in a specific area of practice including registered nurse prescribing in primary health and speciality teams. It is delivered through a combination of block courses and online. A candidate may take up to four years to complete this postgraduate diploma.
The programme consists of four modules: two core modules and two practise modules covering a range of advanced speciality practice areas.
After successfully completing any two postgraduate nursing modules students may choose to exit with the Postgraduate Certificate in Nursing. They can then return to complete the postgraduate diploma at a later date provided this is within four years
of their first enrolment in the Postgraduate Diploma in Nursing programme.
Registered Nurse Prescribing endorsement
Wintec offers prescribing practicums for nurses who want to become registered nurse prescribers in primary health and speciality teams.
The programme is in response to the recently introduced regulation that allows suitably qualified nurses working in collaborative teams to prescribe from a restricted list of medications for people with common and long-term conditions. The Wintec Postgraduate Diploma of Nursing – Registered Nurse Pathway is specifically for nurses who have at least three years of experience and are looking to become a registered nurse prescriber. The programme, which will take two years (part-time) to complete, requires the study of pathophysiology, pharmacology, assessment, clinical reasoning and long-term and related conditions, prior to undertaking a supervised prescribing practicum of 150 hours.
View programme modules
Note: no value in the pre/co-requisite columns means there are no pre/co-requisites for that module. All modules listed below have an individual module credit value of 30 credits. The range of modules offered will vary from year to year.
Group A: Compulsory module
| Module code | Module name | Level | Credits | Pre-requisites | Co-requisites |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| NURS801 | Integrated Science and Assessment | 8 | 30 |
Group B: Core module
| Module code | Module name | Level | Credits | Pre-requisites | Co-requisites |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| NURS802 or | Reasoning in Practice | 8 | 30 | ||
| NUPCD02 | Te Whiriwhiri Oranga Māori (The Weaving of Wellbeing) | 8 | 30 |
Group C: Compulsory modules for the Registered Nurse Prescribing endorsement
| Module code | Module name | Level | Credits | Pre-requisites | Co-requisites |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| NURS804 and | Pharmacology for Nursing Practice | 8 | 30 | NURS801 | |
| NURS812 and | Advanced Practice in Long-term Conditions | 8 | 30 | ||
| NURS806 | Registered Nurse Prescribing Practicum | 8 | 30 | NURS801 NURS804 NURS812 |
Group D: Elective modules
| Module code | Module name | Level | Credits | Pre-requisites | Co-requisites |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| NURS804 | Pharmacology for Nursing Practice | 8 | 30 | NURS801 | |
| NURS807 | Advanced Diabetes Nursing Practice | 8 | 30 | ||
| NURS808 | Advanced Cardiac Nursing Practice | 8 | 30 | ||
| NURS809 | Advanced Nursing Practice in Breast Care | 8 | 30 | ||
| NURS810 | Advanced Nursing Practice in Wound Care | 8 | 30 | ||
| NURS811 | Nursing Practice with the Older Adult | 8 | 30 | ||
| NURS812 | Advanced Practice in Long-term Conditions | 8 | 30 | ||
| HSIP801 | Leadership and Management in Professional Practice 1 | 8 | 30 | ||
| HSIP802 | Leadership and Management in Professional Practice 2 | 8 | 30 | HSIP801 | |
| HSIP803 | Facilitating Learning in Professional Practice | 8 | 30 | ||
| HSIP804 | Coaching, Mentoring and Clinical Supervision | 8 | 30 | ||
| HSIP805 | Evidence and Inquiry in Practice | 8 | 30 | ||
| HSIP810 | Professional Supervision 1 | 8 | 30 | ||
| HSIP811 | Professional Supervision 2 | 8 | 30 | HSIP810 | |
| HSIP813 | Palliative Care | 8 | 30 | ||
| HSIP815 | Supervised Critical Enquiry | 8 | 30 | Two modules at level 8 | |
| HSIP816 | Mental Health and Addiction Practice | 8 | 30 |
Group E: Compulsory modules for the endorsement in Māori Mental Health
| Module code | Module name | Level | Credits | Pre-requisites | Co-requisites |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| NUPCD02 | Te Whiriwhiri Oranga Māori (The Weaving of Wellbeing) | 8 | 30 | ||
| NUPCD04 | He Rangahau Tapuhi Māori (Māori Research Methods) | 8 | 30 | NUPCD02 | |
| NUPCD20 | He Ara Whai Mātauranga (The Context of Māori Mental Health Nursing) | 8 | 30 | ||
| NUPCD21 | He Ara Rapu Waiora (The Advanced Practice of Maori Mental Health Nursing) | 8 | 30 |
Note: If the module you are interested in is not available, please contact pghsp@wintec.ac.nz to arrange a time with one of our postgraduate teaching staff to discuss possible alternatives.
Career/further opportunities
Employment in advanced nursing practice positions, management, research or independent practice.
Steps
If you have any enrolment questions, send them to info@wintec.ac.nz and we'll get back to you as soon as possible.
To discuss your pathway options within the programme and what modules would best compliment your area of work, contact the postgraduate team at pghsp@wintec.ac.nz
About the faculty
The Postgraduate Office at Wintec has been created to support postgraduate students in their studies and research by providing dedicated resources and advice. Wintec also has a dedicated Research Office which is the hub of research at Wintec and caters to all researchers, both staff and students.
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Entry criteria
a. Candidates are required to have gained:
- An undergraduate Nursing degree, or other undergraduate degree assessed as relevant by the Centre for Health and Social Practice Postgraduate Programme Committee, conferred by a New Zealand tertiary education institution, or
- a qualification approved as equivalent by the Postgraduate Programme Committee.
b. Candidates who have not gained a relevant undergraduate degree or equivalent qualification may submit a portfolio for informal transfer of credit and, if the application is successful, may be admitted on an equivalent basis.
c. Candidates for the Māori Mental Health endorsement must meet the following additional and specific requirements for entry to the programme. Such applicants must:
- Have at least two years’ of clinical experience in the mental health field, gained within the past five years, and
- identify as Māori, demonstrating knowledge of their whānau, hapū and iwi, and
- demonstrate understanding of the role of tikanga Māori within their own nursing practice.
d. Candidates for the Registered Nurse Prescribing endorsement must meet the following additional and specific requirements for entry to the programme. Such candidates must:
- Have completed three years’ equivalent full-time practice in an area of common and longterm conditions nursing.
- Demonstrate up-to-date clinical knowledge relevant to their intended area of prescribing practice and have attained a B grade in NURS801 Integrated Science and Assessment, NURS804 Pharmacology for Nursing Practice, and NURS812 Advanced Practice in Longterm Conditions.
- Have a collaborative working relationship within an interprofessional team and the support of a designated, authorised prescriber (DAP), (a vocationally registered medical practitioner or nurse practitioner who has current indemnity insurance ) as a mentor who will provide clinical supervision for prescribing practice.
- Have professional/personal indemnity insurance.
- Be employed within an organisation that enables nurse prescribing through policy, audit, peer review and accessibility of continuing education, while undertaking the prescribing practicum.
- Have documented approval from an area of clinical practice in which to undertake the prescribing practicum.
Selection Criteria
In addition to the above criteria, all candidates must hold a current New Zealand practising certificate as a Registered Nurse.
Unless otherwise stated, all candidates must have completed a minimum of six months of post-registration clinical experience within the past five years.
All candidates must be employed for a minimum of 16 hours per week.
Where there are more applications than the number of places available, selection will be determined on the basis of:
- Whether candidates meet the pre-requisites for each paper, and
- commitment to study as demonstrated at admission interviews, and
- references supplied.
Where the industry and/or community have indicated a need for graduates from the programme with a particular specialisation, and/or have provided sponsorship for candidates to undertake modules leading to a particular specialisation, applicants for that specialisation and/or those modules may be given priority.
Candidates will complete their enrolment before the commencement of each semester.
Candidates for the Postgraduate Diploma in Nursing (Māori Mental Health) will normally be enrolled in a part-time programme of study over two years, to enable them to fulfil the clinical requirements of that endorsement stream.
Candidates for the Postgraduate Diploma in Nursing, Registered Nurse Prescribing endorsement, will normally be enrolled in a part-time programme of study over two years, to enable them to fulfil requirements for the supervised Prescribing Practicum.
English Language Requirements
Candidates who have English as a second language are required to have an International English Language Test System (IELTS) Academic band score of 7.0, with no band score less than 7.0; or equivalent. The language assessment must be less than two years old at the time of application.
Check what documents are required to enrol
in this programme. To ensure you receive the correct information for programme regulations, please download the document below.
Click here to view the Internationally Recognised English Proficiency Outcomes for International Students Table.
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