Postgraduate Certificate in Nursing
Course details
| NZQF Level | 8 |
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About the course
This clinically focused programme is for registered nurses new to Mental Health, Addiction, or Intellectual Disability services. Credits may be gained towards Master's study.
Programme outline
The Postgraduate Certificate in Nursing builds on the registered nurse's existing knowledge and experience, in a learning environment that supports the acquisition of knowledge and skills for practice in mental health nursing. Ākonga attend theory blocks and/or tutorials at the Porirua campus.
More detail about this qualification
Mental Health and Addiction Strand (including change of scope of practice)
This programme is offered to registered nurses in their first year of practice in mental health, addiction, or intellectual disability services; or for registered nurses wanting to change their scope of practice to include mental health nursing. Te Pou funding is available for nurses employed in a Ministry of Health funded mental health service for a minimum of 0.7 FTE per week.
HSC8316: Contemporary Mental Health and Addiction Nursing (60 credits)
In this course you will explore contemporary mental health and addictions practice in Aotearoa, New Zealand, including the socio-political and professional issues and how these issues relate to clinical practice.
HCS8326: Professional Practice in Mental Health and Addiction Nursing (60 credits)
This course will provide you with supported entry into specialty mental health and addiction nursing, through the development of confidence and competence within the professional practice setting.
Course outlines
Entry requirements
Registered nurses with a current New Zealand practising certificate, Bachelor degree or equivalent; currently employed in a relevant clinical setting.
Change of scope strand must have approval from the Nursing Council of New Zealand.
International
Find your country's equivalent academic entry requirements here
*For fee exclusions, please see our terms and conditions.
Credit Recognition
If you have relevant skills and knowledge through study or experiences in work or other activities, you may be able to receive credit for them when enrolling in a programme of study. Information (including the Credit Recognition Application form and fees information) is available here.
About the provider
Whitireia and WelTec have a history of over 100 years of
vocational education delivery. We are proud stewards of our whakapapa, owning
our collective histories and aspirations for the future through acknowledging
people, place, culture, and values.
Whitireia and WelTec is known for our high student success rates and culturally diverse ākonga. Every year we train over 8,000 ākonga who study at one of our campuses across Porirua and Petone. Our highly skilled staff will be with you every step of your journey, providing the best possible learning environment. We enable learners from every stage of life – school leavers, university graduates, those preparing to reenter the workforce and those wanting to retrain or upskill. Our learning environments are open and ready to welcome you all.
More and more New Zealanders are choosing a local study pathway through dedicated vocational education providers to gain the qualifications they need to get ahead and into their dream job. We offer a range of programmes of study at certificates, diplomas, degrees, and postgraduate qualifications. Our programmes have been developed in conjunction with industry to offer excellent vocational qualifications that are future-focused and provide ākonga with practical skills to pursue their career goals.
We are known for our Ahureitanga (distinctiveness), and we have special relationships with Iwi mana whenua as our campuses are in their rohe: Te Āti Awa and Ngāti Toa Rangatira. Together, we are more than the sum of our parts.
Mā tātou, mō tātou ko WelTec ki Te Āti Awa, ko Whitireia ki Ngāti Toa Rangatira. E haere kōtui nei me kura-takahi-puni tātou. Together, we will lead and illuminate our communities through vocational education.