Postgraduate Diploma in Nursing Science–PGDipNS 120 points Qualification regulations

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Entry Requirements

1. (a) A candidate for the PGDipNS shall be a New Zealand registered nurse and, before enrolment, shall have:

(i) completed a degree of a tertiary institution in New Zealand*; and

(ii) been accepted by the head of school as capable of proceeding with the proposed course of study.

(b) Requirement (a)(i) may be waived by the Associate Dean (Students) of the Wellington Faculty of Health for a candidate who has had extensive practical, professional, or scholarly experience of an appropriate kind.

* Candidates who have completed a degree at a tertiary institution outside New Zealand will normally be required to have their qualification assessed as equivalent to a New Zealand postgraduate degree by the New Zealand Qualifications Authority before entry into the programme.

General Requirements

2.  A candidate for the PGDipNS shall undertake an approved course of study comprising 120 points, including at least four approved courses from HLTH 501–519, HLTH 521–550.

Note: A candidate wishing to graduate with a PGDipNS must include HLTH 502 and HLTH 514.

3. At the discretion of the head of school, a candidate who holds a PGDipNS may subsequently credit those courses to the MNS.

4. (a) A candidate for the PGDipNS shall normally be enrolled for at least two trimesters and shall complete the diploma within three years of first enrolling for it.

(b) The associate dean may extend the maximum period in special cases

(c) At the discretion of the Associate Dean, a candidate who has completed a MNursPrac from this university with an average grade of at least B, may cross-credit HLTH 502 to the PGDipNS.

5. (a) Where candidates have completed postgraduate study in nursing, health, or midwifery or equivalent at another New Zealand university or polytechnic, with an average grade of at least B, the Associate Dean may, on the recommendation of the head of school, permit transfer credit of courses credited to that qualification for up to 60 points in the PGDipNS.

(b) Credit shall not usually be granted for courses passed more than five years before the date of application for the PGDipNS and MNS.

Courses

Course Requisites Points
HLTH 501
Research for Practice
 		30
HLTH 502
Applied Pathophysiology
 		30
HLTH 504
Specialist Practice: Long Term Conditions
 		(P) HLTH 502, students must be in direct patient contact 30
HLTH 505
Specialist Practice: Critical Care
 		(P) HLTH502 30
HLTH 513
Real World Midwifery
 		(X) MIDW 523 30
HLTH 514
Advanced Assessment and Clinical Reasoning
 		(P) Registered nurses who have successfully completed HLTH 502, students must be in direct tāngata whai ora (patient) contact 30
HLTH 516
Health, Illness and Disease
 		30
HLTH 517
Diagnostics and Therapeutics
 		(P) HLTH 502, HLTH 514; Students must be in direct patient contact 30
HLTH 518
Clinical Pharmacology
 		(P) HLTH 502 30
HLTH 519
Research Review
 		30
HLTH 521
Research Methods
 		30
HLTH 522
Health Systems, Policy and Practice
 		30
HLTH 523
Contemporary Issues in Nursing
 		30
HLTH 524
Health Leadership and Management
 		30
HLTH 525
Diversity in Health Care
 		30
HLTH 526
Patient Safety and Risk Reduction
 		30
HLTH 527
Ageing in Aotearoa New Zealand
 		30
HLTH 528
Evaluation for Health
 		30
HLTH 531
Nurse Practitioner Practicum
 		(P) At least B in each of the following courses: HLTH 514 or HLTH 515, HLTH 517 and HLTH 518; Students must be in direct patient contact;(X) HLTH 544 30
HLTH 532
Midwifery Assessment and Decision-making in Complex Maternity Care
 		(P) Students hold a midwifery registration and a current New Zealand practising certificate 30
HLTH 533
Midwifery Practicum in Complex Care
 		(P) Students hold a midwifery registration and a current New Zealand practising certificate 30
HLTH 541
Advanced Health Leadership and Management
 		(P) HLTH 524 or approved substitute 15
HLTH 542
Applied Ethics and Law for Health Professionals
 		30
HLTH 543
Prescribing Practicum
 		(P) HLTH 502; At least a B in HLTH 514 & HLTH 518; students must be in direct patient contact 30
HLTH 544
Nurse Practitioner Practicum
 		(P) HLTH 501 or 521 or 528; at least a B in each of the following courses: HLTH 514, HLTH 517, HLTH 518; students must be in direct patient contact; (X) HLTH 531 60
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