New Zealand Diploma in Enrolled Nursing

Summary

If you are a natural carer, patient, compassionate and want to help others, the New Zealand Diploma in Enrolled Nursing will help you start your healthcare career in just 18 months. Enrolled Nurses are an essential part of our healthcare sector and provide nursing care in collaboration with Registered Nurses or other registered health practitioners.

This professional nursing qualification will allow you to work in a range of settings including acute health care, rehabilitation, and mental health in hospitals, community services, medical centres or in aged care.

Through a blend of classroom theory sessions, clinical environment simulation, and clinical placements you will learn:

• Nursing Profession
• Applied Social Science
• Applied Structure and Function of the Human body
• Clinical Skills
• Nursing Practice
• Acute Care
• Mental Health and Addictions
• Rehabilitation

On successful completion of this programme graduates will be eligible to apply to Nursing Council of New Zealand to sit the NCNZ State Exam and register as a qualified Enrolled Nurse.

Career Opportunities

Enrolled nurses work as a vital part of the health care team in a range of acute health care settings, such as hospitals, community services, and medical centres, or in aged care settings. Enrolled Nurses can have a variety of roles from general nursing through to specialised roles working in collaboration with Registered Nurses (who retain further responsibility for critical thinking and clinical decision making).

Satisfactory Completion

To satisfactorily complete the New Zealand Diploma in Enrolled Nursing (Level 5), and be awarded this qualification the student must successfully achieve:

A minimum of 180 compulsory credits in accordance with the Programme schedule for the New Zealand Diploma in Enrolled Nursing (Level 5).

Qualification Pathways

Graduates of this programme can apply to continue their nursing education with the Bachelor of Nursing programme.