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Institutions & Courses The University of Auckland Courses

Bachelor of Nursing (Honours)

This course is available at the following The University of Auckland campuses:

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Auckland

Auckland is New Zealand’s largest city, with 1.3 million people.

This additional year of training further draw on a comprehensive range of medicine, pharmacy and health science courses offered by the Faculty. Topics covered range from mental health nursing and aged care, to child and family health care, Maori and Pacific health, medical and surgical nursing, management and leadership in nursing. Courses in pharmacology, microbiology, biological science, psychology, sociology and the humanities, support these subject areas. This programme provides clinical learning experiences to students which is fundamental to practice-based professions such as nursing, and underpins the values of the degree.

The Bachelor of Nursing (Honours) comprises two semesters of further research-based study and is available to students whose academic performance in BNurs is consistently high. The degree is structured to include a foundation year, where students study biological, physical and social sciences alongside other health professional students. Years two and three reflect different areas of nursing practice, and the honours year allows for in-depth study in a speciality area of clinical practice.