This programme consist of 38 credits. The courses includes:
Mandatory theoretical content
Competencies for the registered nurse scope of practice. (NCNZ, 2005)
Professional responsibility
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Ensuring nursing practice and conduct meets the standards of the professional, ethical and relevant legislated requirements. This includes upholding clients' legal rights, accepting responsibility for actions and decisions made within the scope of practice, identifying breaches of law in practice and reporting them, demonstrating appropriate knowledge, and utilising professional standards of practice.
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Demonstrating knowledge of the Treaty of Waitangi in context of the health of New Zealanders and how it applies to nursing practice.
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Promoting health and safety by assessing and managing risks, and identifying and reporting situations that affect people's health or safety.
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Culturally safe nursing practices that respects consumers' identity and right to hold personal beliefs, values and goals.
Management of nursing care
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Provision of planned nursing care in consultation with consumers to achieve identified outcomes.
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Undertaking comprehensive and accurate nursing assessments.
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Ensuring accurate information and maintenance of confidentiality.
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Ensuring the consumer is fully informed of the effects, consequences and alternatives of proposed treatment options.
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Acting appropriately to protect oneself and others when faced with unexpected consumer responses, confrontation, personal threat or other crisis situations.
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Evaluation of consumers' progress toward expected outcomes.
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Appropriate provision of health education appropriate to the needs of the consumer within a nursing framework.
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Reflection and evaluation of the effectiveness of one's nursing care.
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Ongoing professional development that contributes to one's own knowledge and practice, and supports that of one's colleagues.
Interpersonal relationships
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Establishes, maintains and concludes therapeutic interpersonal relationships with consumers.
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Practises nursing in a negotiated partnership with consumers where and when possible.
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Communicates effectively.
Inter-professional health care and quality improvement
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Collaboration and participation with colleagues and members of the health care team to facilitate and coordinate care.
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Recognition of and valuing the roles and skills of all members of the health care team in the delivery of care.
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Participation in quality improvement activities to monitor and improve standards of nursing.
The course also covers the following areas
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Pharmacological revision and drug calculation test
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Clinical core skills
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Introduction to wound care
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Introduction to infection control
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Vital signs
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Effective communication
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Document management and protocols
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Nursing skills specific to the practice setting
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Integration of theory into practice
