Bachelor of Nursing (Honours)

Summary

A programme for high-achieving nursing graduates who wish to enhance their career prospects or pursue nursing research.

Programme overview

This programme has been designed to enhance your skills and learnings gained from completing a Bachelor of Nursing.

It is an ideal programme for a qualified nurse to build their research capacity, upgrade their qualification, maintain currency in their clinical practice or expand their career path opportunities.

In most cases you will work in partnership with a clinical academic supervisor to complete a project designed with your current employer.

Programme structure

One year full-time or up to two years part-time.

120 points

A core course—either NURSING 770, NURSING 718 or NURSING 719 (30 points)

A research methods course/s (from a list of Nursing or Population Health courses) or courses approved by the Head of School of Nursing (30 points)

A Leadership course—either NURSING 775 or NURSING 732 (30 points)

A Research Project—HLTHSCI 789 (30 points)

You'll also need to meet other requirements, including time limits and total points limits. See Postgraduate enrolment.

Where could this programme take you?

The BNurs(Hons) programme will provide you with knowledge and skills to practise nursing and develop scholarship and leadership in nursing. The programme aims to develop critical and reflective practitioners who are able to pursue professional practice and further research. We advise that the University of Auckland is not involved in the employment of graduates and can make no guarantee of post-qualification registration or employment in New Zealand or any other country.

Further study options

Master of Nursing

Doctor of Philosophy