Nursing

Healthcare is multifaceted, with no single discipline functioning in isolation. It is vital that nurses are educated with extensive clinical experience in a multidisciplinary environment. This is exactly what you will find in the Bachelor of Nursing (BNurs) programme. During your study you will be involved in research-based projects and clinical practice blocks, both designed to develop your critical thinking and practical knowledge.

Established to meet the needs of contemporary nursing practice, the University of Auckland's Bachelor of Nursing actively acknowledges the changing face of patient care and medical technology. It provides unparalleled clinical education in an environment of scholarship and research, and offers multidisciplinary learning opportunities through its ability to draw on a comprehensive range of medicine, pharmacy and health sciences courses offered by the faculty.

Graduates of the BNurs will enter the workforce with a commitment to professionalism and potential for leadership, along with skills in communication and research. They can expect to progress to roles in advanced nursing care, management, community health and education. Postgraduate programmes in advanced nursing are also available for nursing graduates.

The Bachelor of Nursing is a six semester programme arranged in three parts. 

The degree's curriculum reflects the ways in which the healthcare system operates, presenting a multidisciplinary view of patient care. Students learn that healthcare is multifaceted and dynamic, and that no one discipline functions in isolation.

Topics covered range from mental health nursing and aged care, to child and family healthcare, Māori and Pacific health, medical and surgical nursing, management and leadership in nursing. Courses in pharmacology, microbiology, biological science, psychology, sociology and the humanities support these subject areas.

Critical thinking, communication and clinical skills are developed throughout the programme by a number of research-based projects involving case studies. Supported by tutorials, case studies are discussed during clinical practice blocks and are designed to aid independent learning, reasoning and analysis.

The degree is structured to include a foundation year, where students study biological, physical and social sciences alongside other health professional students. Years two and three reflect different areas of nursing practice, and the honours year allows for in-depth study in a speciality area of clinical practice

General Certificate of Education (GCE) Advanced Level. A minimum of three A-Level subjects completed, with at least 'C' grade or higher attained or Complete the International Baccalaureate Diploma (minimum total score of 24).

All applicants whose first language is not English will be required to provide satisfactory evidence of their proficiency in English:

• IELTS (Academic): Overall score of 6.0 and all bands 5.5 or better
• Internet-based TOEFL (iBT): Overall score of 80 plus a written score of 21
• Paper-based TOEFL: Overall score of 550 plus Essay (TWE) of 4.5
• Cambridge English: Advanced (CAE) and Cambridge English: Proficiency (CPE): Overall score of 169 and all bands 162 or better
• Pearson Test of English (PTE) Academic: Overall score of 50 and no PTE communicative skills score below 42. You must authorise the University to view and verify your PTE scores.

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