Registered nurse
Registered nurse
Also known as
Community health nurse, nurse, mental health and addictions nurse, aged care nurse, critical care and emergency nurse, neonatal nurse, Plunket nurse
AUT programmes
Work environment
- Usually work shifts, including early mornings, nights and weekends
- Usually work in hospitals, health centres and aged care facilities
- May do emotionally demanding work
- Need to be safety conscious, communicate well and identify and solve problems
Typical tasks
- Monitor and assess patients
- Plan and provide nursing care
- Develop health care plans
- Provide medicine and treatment for patients
- Manage patient records
- Support patients to manage their health
- Educate people about health
- Assign work to enrolled nurses and health care assistants
- Train and guide other health care staff
- Stay up to date with nursing knowledge and research
Salary information
| Lower | Most common | Upper |
| $75.8K | $83.5K-$99K | $106.7K |
Tips from AUT graduates
Professional registration
Nursing Council of New Zealand
registration@nursingcouncil.org.nz
04 385 9589
https://www.nursingcouncil.org.nz/