POSTGRADUATE STUDY PROGRESSION

PRESCRIBING PRACTICE: REGISTERED NURSE TO NURSE PRACTITIONER

Postgraduate Diploma in Registered Nurse
Prescribing*1
120 points from:
COMPULSORY PAPERS
NURS804 Science for Advanced Practicec 30pts
HEAL824 Advanced Assessment & 30pts
Diagnostic Reasoningc COMPULSORY PAPERS
PHMY803 Pharmacology Science and Therapeuticsc 30pts
HEAL849 Specialty Practicumc 30pts
1 year full-time, 3 years part-time
1
Master of Health Science in Advanced Nursing PhD or DHSc3
Practice*2 (Nurse Practitioner Focus) 360 points
240 points from: 3
4 years full-time, 6 years part-time.
Postgraduate Diploma in 120pts
Registered Nurse Prescribing papers
* Approved by Nursing Council of New Zealand (NCNZ).
NURS806 Advancing Nursing Practicea 15pts
a Offered S1 only
NURS901 Prescribing Practicumc 45pts
b Offered S2 only
AND CORE PAPER 1 c Offered in both S1 and S2
HEAL840 Critical Enquiry for Evidence Based PracticeC 15pts
OR
HEAL811 Integrative Researchc 15pts

AND CORE PAPER 2

HEAL812 Health Professional Practicec 15pts
OR
HEAL813 Practice Realityc 15pts

AND
Select 30pts of relevant papers 30pts
Continue on with Nurse
Practitioner Education? 2 years full-time, 5 years part-time.
2

Yes

No Decision Point

Graduate with the educational Graduate with the educational

requirements for Registered requirements for
Contact :
Nurse Prescribing Nurse Practitioner
Susan Platt
P: (09) 921 9999 ext 7132
E: pgnursing@aut.ac.nz
Enrol now: www.aut.ac.nz/apply