Overview

The Bachelor of Nursing by Massey University is a 3-year full-time degree consisting of 360 credits from a ‘set menu’ of courses.

Key facts

Individual courses are each worth 15, 30 or 45 credits. A full-time workload is 120 credits per year; 60 credits each semester. Each 15 credits equals about 10 hours of study per week, with a full-time workload being 40 hours per week.

The degree is structured with ‘blended learning’, comprising of on-campus and online lectures, compulsory on-campus clinical labs, clinical placements, independent study and examinations.

During the course of your qualification, you will attend clinical placements totalling a minimum of 1000 hours across 3 years.

This is in a range of health care settings including aged residential care, emergency medicine, medical, mental health, primary care services and surgical.

You'll become a knowledgeable and skilful professional nurse, contributing to the health of individuals and communities.

Career

Nursing is one of the most rewarding careers, as it is focused on supporting people, families and communities to manage a wide range of health challenges.

Nurses are involved in all areas of health care and can choose to specialise in particular areas, such as intensive care, community mental health, aged care, or child and adolescent nursing.

They can also become specialists in particular conditions, such as diabetes, respiratory care or cancer nursing. Nurses can also choose to develop careers in health management, research and teaching.

Primary and community health care:

general practice
Māori health services
hospice
district nursing
community mental health.

Hospital-based care:

neonatal units
medical and surgical wards
emergency departments
intensive care
paediatrics
acute mental health services.

Population-based services:

public health
schools.
Specialty practice:
mental health
aged care
child health
family health
rural and remote nursing.

Programme Structure

Courses include:

Research and Scholarly Writing in Nursing

Nursing Fundamentals

Health across the Lifespan

Health Assessment and Clinical Decision-making

Human Bioscience: Normal Body Function

Nursing Research and Evidence-based Practice

Applied Science for Health Professionals

Key information

Duration

Full-time
- 36 months

Start dates & application deadlines

Starting 2027-02-09 00:00:00
- Apply before 2027-01-31 00:00:00

Language

English

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Credits

360 alternative credits

120 credits/year

Delivered

On Campus

Campus Location

Auckland, New Zealand

Disciplines

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Academic requirements

We are not aware of any specific GRE, GMAT or GPA grading score requirements for this programme.

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Other requirements

General requirements

This programme is a ‘selected entry’ programme. This means as well as applying you will need to provide additional material as part of your application.

To enter the Bachelor of Nursing you will have achieved 14 credits or more at NCEA Level 3 or higher in at least one of the following subjects: biology, chemistry or physics.

You will be selected into the programme on the basis of a process which includes providing:

a personal supporting statement of about 300 words explaining why you chose the nursing programme and why you feel you would make a good nurse. List any personal characteristics you have that demonstrate your suitability.
a curriculum vitae of approximately three pages
two referee reports
if you are applying straight after completing secondary school, or a course at a private training establishment you will supply a confidential report from your school or institution
an interview may be required.

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Tuition Fees

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8761 USD / year

≈ 8761 USD / year

Living costs

Auckland

New Zealand

1400 - 2200 NZD / month

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