About Bachelor Of Nursing in Eastern Institute of Technology

Rewarding Study for a Rewarding Career

A nursing education from EIT is highly regarded with graduate nurses being recognised nationally and internationally. When you graduate with a nursing degree you’ll be fully equipped to provide healthcare to people at every stage of life.

You’ll develop, practice and refine your learning in a ‘hands on’ way in our Clinical Arts and Technology (CAT) Centre, which is set up like a working hospital.

Building on your compassionate nature you’ll learn how to assess and manage patients in hospitals and the wider community, while working alongside other health professionals.

EIT Nursing students currently have a high pass rate in the nursing state exams, and 70% of our 2018 graduates were employed in their field within three months!

Outline

Graduating with a Bachelor of Nursing will enable you to begin in the health sector as a registered nurse with a sound knowledge-base of nursing theory, health studies, social sciences, biological sciences, research and professional practice skills.

Subject areas:

• Anatomy and physiology
• Therapeutic communication
• Knowledge of professional nursing practice – primary, secondary and tertiary
• Human development
• Health promotion
• Health in Aotearoa
• Māori health
• Mental health and addiction nursing
• Pathophysiology
• Pharmacology
• Research

Theoretical and nursing practice experiences are balanced throughout the programme. Practice experiences occur in a wide range of community and acute health care settings, and comprise approximately fifty percent of the programme.

Career Opportunities & Outcomes

Graduating with a nursing degree from EIT will open up many career pathways for your future in the health sector. With your caring, compassionate and investigative nature you’ll find yourself dealing with the prevention and treatment of a range of ills and ailments from the very beginning of life right through to the later years.

You could end up working in areas such as:

• Public and private hospitals
• Community health
• Iwi providers/Māori health
• Well Child Health
• Independent practices
• Public health
• Nursing education
• Child health
• Mental health

Academic qualification equivalents

• Higher Secondary Certificate (HSC)

English language requirements (one of the below):

• IELTS    :     Academic score of 6 with no band score lower than 5.5
• TOEFL  :     Score of 60 (with a writing score of 20)
• PTE       :     (Academic) score of 50

Eastern Institute of Technology Highlights

Eastern Institute of Technology Tuition Fees

New Zealand Living Expenses

You'll require between $20,000 and $25,000 a year ($380–480 per week) for housing/rent, food, transportation, phone bills, internet usage, and entertainment, in addition to your tuition and insurance fees. The average living expense will be the same for everyone, regardless of their tuition or course price. Please keep in mind that these are only suggestions; the Immigration New Zealand requirement is $15,000 per year including return travel or an additional $2,000.