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Master of Nursing (Nurse Practitioner)
Location
Study Options
Online, Full-time, Part-time
Length
3 - 6 years
Level
Level 8 - 9
Rewarding Study for a Rewarding Career
EIT’s 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.
The qualification has been specifically designed to prepare nurses for advanced practice roles as Nurse Practitioners 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”.
We recommend that you take the opportunity to discuss study options with the Postgraduate Programmes Coordinator (Nursing) prior to enrolment, to help ensure that you select the most appropriate nursing pathway to meet your career goals. For nurses considering the Nurse Practitioner pathway, the Nursing Council of New Zealand requires that you complete specific courses.
Dates
Start dates vary depending on courses selected, however generally 30 credit courses are semesterised and commence in either February or July each year.
Career Opportunities and Outcomes
The Master of Nursing programme is specifically designed to prepare nurses for advanced practice roles as nurse practitioners. You are supported to extend your knowledge and advanced practice skills in order to enhance your capacity to improve patient outcome and health services.
Career opportunities / advanced practice roles may include:
- Nurse practitioner
- Nurse consultant
- Nurse educator
- Clinical leader
- Clinical nurse specialist
- Clinical charge nurse
- Case manager / case coordinator,
- Health services manager
- Nurse researcher
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.
We recommend that, prior to enrolment, you take the opportunity to discuss your study options and the specific courses required to achieve registration as a Nurse Practitioner with the School of Nursing Postgraduate Programmes Coordinator, Dr Karen Munday on 06 830 1375 or email kmunday@eit.ac.nz.
Entry
Entry Requirements
Entry Criteria
A personal interview may be part of the application process where required or appropriate.
The academic entry requirement for the Master of Nursing is one of the following:
● Completion of the HB3963 Postgraduate Diploma in Health Science (Registered Nurse Prescribing endorsement) with a B average or higher; OR
● A postgraduate nursing qualification deemed equivalent to the HB3963 Postgraduate Diploma in Health Science (Registered Nurse Prescribing endorsement) with a B average or higher.
Where the applicant’s undergraduate degree does not provide the basis of study at the level required for more advanced study, enrolment in transitional or undergraduate courses may be required before the applicant can be admitted.
Special Conditions
Applicants must provide evidence of a current annual practising certificate with the Nursing Council of New Zealand
For those considering the Nurse Practitioner pathway, please seek guidance in regard to course choices before enrolling. You may contact the School of Nursing Postgraduate Programmes Coordinator, Dr Karen Munday, on 06 8301375 or email kmunday@eit.ac.nz.
Some courses require students to be actively working in the specialty area of practice.
English Language Entry Requirement
Applicants from countries in which English is not the primary spoken language must demonstrate an acceptable level of English language fluency prior to acceptance in the programme. Ways in which English language fluency may be demonstrated include (i) completion of a programme of study in which English was the language of instruction (conditions apply*), and (ii) approved scores on IELTS tests, namely an Academic score of 6.5 with no band lower than 6 (or accepted international equivalents).
*See NZQA English language entry requirements for international students at https://www.nzqa.govt.nz/providers-partners/qa-system-for-teos/english-international-students/
Entry with Credit
Applicants may be admitted with academic credit. The Postgraduate Programmes Cluster Committee has discretion in the granting of academic credit.
Academic credit may be awarded as specified credit where there is a substantial match between previous learning and the course for which academic credit is sought.
Credit granted shall not be for course(s) completed as part of an undergraduate degree, nor shall credit be granted that exceeds one-half of the total programme credits.
An Entry with Credit application pack is available on enrolment. It is recommended that applications for Entry with Credit are made as part of your initial application. This will assist in our academic advisement to you regarding your programme of study and course selection. However, your entry with credit cannot be processed until you are enrolled.
For further information please contact Stacey Wong, Postgraduate Programmes Secretary, on 06 830 1507.
Academic Learning Services
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Scholarships
EIT offers a variety of scholarships across various subjects and programme levels. Some scholarships are based on your age, some are specific to the subject you want to study. Not all scholarships are based on your academic ability and anyone wanting to study should investigate what scholarships are available to them.
You can find a list of EIT scholarships here however there are many more scholarships offered nationally. Information about these is on an database called “givME”. givME is accessible at EIT or at some public libraries. If you would like to come to EIT to look through the giveME database don’t hesitate to contact scholarships@eit.ac.nz or call in for a chat.