Bachelor of Nursing
Course details
| NZQF Level | 7 |
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About the course
SIT’s School of Nursing (previously Southland Polytechnic) has been delivering nursing education for 40 years and has a long history of successful graduates.
The Bachelor of Nursing is a three-year degree programme which provides students with the theoretical knowledge and practical skills appropriate for employment in a wide and growing number of nursing careers.
The programme has as its core, theoretical and practical work in nursing – including principles relating to primary health, acute and chronic nursing care, mental health and mental illness throughout the lifespan. The programme also recognises the importance of the cultural dimensions of nursing.
The Bachelor of Nursing has a strong applied component to allow students to enter the workforce proficient in a range of additional strengths including health promotion, illness prevention, evidence-based practice, the ability to provide nursing care in a medical and surgical context, as well as the provision of emergency nursing care.
This programme will enhance opportunities for students to develop a broad understanding of nursing, thus preparing them for professional practice or further advanced study in this area.
The Bachelor of Nursing has been designed to prepare graduates for a wide variety of nursing careers in community and hospital situations. It is expected Bachelor of Nursing graduates will make a positive contribution to the health of people of New Zealand and the wider world. This contribution will be as nurses demonstrating caring, competent, safe nursing practice in partnership with individuals, groups and communities.
Increasing complexity of health care needs requires well-educated, competent and compassionate nurses who are able to:
- Comprehend, critique and apply knowledge from nursing and other related disciplines in an appropriate and safe practice context.
- Facilitate the competent and safe provision of nursing care to groups and individuals with a variety of settings.
- Competently practice within the legal and ethical parameters of the nursing profession.
- Recognise, value, critique and apply research to nursing practice and knowledge.
- Meet the requirements of the Nursing Council of New Zealand for registration as a Registered Nurse.
The degree follows four themes – Professional Practice, Praxis, Health and Society and Health Sciences.
Throughout the programme students are involved in learning in clinical settings in a variety of community and hospital areas. By the end of the programme it is expected students will have integrated the theory and practice framework to develop into confident beginning practitioners.
There is free car parking around SIT and at many of the local clinical placements.
Entry requirements
School Leavers
University Entrance requirements - NCEA Level 3: three subjects at Level 3 or above made up of the following:
- 14 credits each, in three approved subjects, preferably in Science, Mathematics and English
- Literacy, 10 credits at Level 2 or above made up of five credits in reading and five credits in writing
- Numeracy, 10 credits at Level 1 or above made up of specified achievement standards available through a range of subjects, or Unit standards package of three numeracy unit standards 26623, 26626, 26627. All three required.
- Or an overseas qualification which is considered to be the equivalent of the above.
Mature Applicants
Applicants who do not meet the criteria stated above may be considered for the Bachelor of Nursing degree programme if they are over the age of 20 years at the date of commencement of the programme and have demonstrated academic ability to undertake the undergraduate nursing degree. For example, this means successful completion of a programme of study at NZQF Level 4 or above.
Interview
For your group interview, you will have 30 minutes to complete a numeracy assessment. You can expect 30 questions. Download a sample of 10 questions here, which are reflective of the types of questions you can expect.
About the provider
Southern Institute of Technology (SIT) provides quality tertiary education and training across a wide range of subjects and qualifications. From certificates to postgraduate studies, we offer NZQA programmes for students to learn at a level and pathway that suits them.
We are home to the Zero Fees Scheme and are the only tertiary provider in New Zealand to offer a no tuition cost education to domestic NZ students for every year of study, at all levels.
We offer SIT programmes at campuses in Invercargill, Christchurch, Queenstown, Gore, Auckland and online through SIT2LRN Distance Learning.
We also have specialised faculties in music and rural education - MAINZ – Music and Audio Institute of New Zealand (Auckland & Christchurch) and Telford in Balclutha, South Otago.