NURS664-25X4 (O) Special non-calendar-based Four 2025 (UC Online)

RN Prescribing Practicum

30 points

Details:
Start Date: Monday, 29 September 2025
End Date: Sunday, 11 January 2026
Withdrawal Dates
Last Day to withdraw from this course:
  • Without financial penalty (full fee refund): Sunday, 12 October 2025
  • Without academic penalty (including no fee refund): Sunday, 14 December 2025

Description

This course is for Registered Nurses who wish to become a Registered Nurse Prescriber with the Nursing Council of New Zealand | Te Kaunihera Tapuhi o Aotearoa. It includes theoretical and clinical components in an area of specialty practice within a collaborative team. Students will focus on the application of evidence based practice to inform prescribing decisions to meet the competencies for Registered Nurse prescribing practice.

Prerequisites

HLTH661, HLTH662, HLTH663 and Subject to approval of Associate Dean (Academic).

Timetable 2025

Students must attend one activity from each section.

Workshop A
Activity Day Time Location Weeks
01 Monday 08:00 - 16:00 Wheki 105
29 Sep - 5 Oct
Workshop B
Activity Day Time Location Weeks
01 Tuesday 08:00 - 16:00 Wheki 105
29 Sep - 5 Oct

Assessment

Assessment Due Date Percentage  Description
Portfolio 25% The portfolio has multiple components: oral case presentations, viva voce, clinical diary and clinical logs.
Case study 17 Nov 2025 25%
Assessment against NCNZ RN prescribing competencies 11 Jan 2026 50% Pass/fail assessment

Indicative Fees

Domestic fee $2,353.00

* All fees are inclusive of NZ GST or any equivalent overseas tax, and do not include any programme level discount or additional course-related expenses.

For further information see School of Health Sciences .

All NURS664 Occurrences

  • NURS664-25X3 (O) Special non-calendar-based Three 2025 (UC Online) - Not Offered
  • NURS664-25X4 (C) Special non-calendar-based Four 2025 - Not Offered
  • NURS664-25X4 (O) Special non-calendar-based Four 2025 (UC Online)
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