AUT’s Postgraduate Diploma in Health Science in Advanced Nursing Practice is designed for registered nurses seeking to deepen their knowledge and skills for advanced practice roles within healthcare. The programme is practice-focused, offering flexible study options including on campus, online, block mode, and placements at hospital sites in Auckland. The diploma is well-suited if you have been out of study for some time or are considering postgraduate study for the first time. Completion may prepare you for further study at the master's level and advanced nursing practice roles, including nurse practitioner registration.

Course Content

• NURS806 Advancing Nursing Practice

• HEAL816 Special Topic

• HEAL824 Advanced Assessment and Diagnostic Reasoning

• HEA849 Specialty Practicum

• NURS804 Science for Advanced Practice

• PHMY803 Pharmacology Science and Therapeutics

• HEAL850 Neonatal Pathophysiology

• PHMY801 Pharmacology Science

• RHAB805 Concepts of Rehabilitation

• HEAL851 Developmental Assessment and Care of the Sick/Pre-term Neonate

• HEAL857 Managing Long-term Conditions

• HEAL866 Mental Health Advanced Specialty Practice

• PHMY802 Applied Pharmacotherapeutics

• HEAL811 Research Design and Methods

• HEAL840 Critical Enquiry for Evidence Based Practice

• PUBH810 Pacific Health Research and Design

• MAOH801 Māori Health Research Practice - Te Rangahau Hauora Māori

• HEAL812 Health Professional Practice

• HEAL813 Practice Reality

• MAOH803 Effective Supervision in Māori Health