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Nursing at AUT University
AUT University has a 30 year reputation for preparing nurses who are acknowledged internationally as graduates of exceptional quality in a range of specialities. All our nursing courses are dynamic and continually evolve with the latest research and needs of the health care sector, including our Advanced Nursing Practice postgraduate programme. Our strong links to district health boards, hospitals and private practices, ensure students gain extensive clinical learning in a variety of health care settings. While class learning involves interactive teaching by experienced nurses in our Simulation Centre, supported by leading research centres; The Interdisciplinary Trauma Research Unit and the Centre for Midwifery and Women’s Health Research.
Nursing Study options at AUT
UNDERGRADUATE
Bachelor of Health Science (Nursing)
POSTGRADUATE
Nurses can benefit from our integrated Health Science postgraduate programmes. Providing students the flexibility to pursue pathways that interest their profession and career objectives. Programmes range from Certificate level, through to Masters and PhD level in many specialist fields of Nursing. Programmes are designed to meet the needs of working health practitioners, so are offered part time or full time in a flexible learning environment, including online and block course paper options.
- Advanced Nursing Practice
- Child Health
- Health Professional Education
- Leadership and Management
- Māori Health
- Mental Health
- Older Adult Health and Wellness
NURSING PRACTITIONERS OFFER NEW LEVEL OF CARE
A dual focus on health promotion and disease, and the ability to prescribe are two of the skills drawing patients to nurse practitioners as primary carers.
Nurse practitioners are the future of global healthcare as they are open to independent and collaborative practice, are able to complete comprehensive health histories and examinations, can prescribe medication, can diagnose and order tests and use these to plan care in partnership with patients. AUT offers an accredited clinical masters programme for Nurse Practitioners that includes advanced courses in science, assessment, diagnostic reasoning, pharmacotherapeutics and a prescribing practicum at a community or public hospital. The Nurse Practitioner is the extension of an already critical role in health.
Registered Nurses make up the largest percentage of healthcare workers around the world working in quite diverse roles. These roles range from nurse researchers to policymakers, legal consultants and educators to clinicians including nurse practitioners. Learn more about postgraduate study in Advanced Nursing Practice
WANT TO LEARN MORE?
Because of the popularity of careers in the health and disability sector we are seeing a large number of applications so we encourage you to talk to our Course Information team about the Nursing programme that would best suit your goals and your lifestyle. Semester 2 starts 19 July, 2010 so apply now.
Course Information
Phone: 0800 AUT UNI (0800 288 864)
Email: courseinfo@aut.ac.nz
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