Certificate in Pre Entry to the Bachelor of Nursing

The programme aims to provide you with the opportunity to develop attitudes, knowledge and skills to be considered for entry to the Bachelor of Nursing.  Knowledge and skills are also relevant to a variety of health and care occupations.

PEN101 Personal and Professional Study Skills

PEN1011   Personal and Professional Study Skills

1279      Write in plain English

PEN102 Communications and Computing

- Elective Option

Students choose either NZQA Unit 2784 OR 2786 below

2784        Create and use a simple computer spreadsheet to solve a problem

 or

2786        Create and use a simple computer flatfile database to solve a problem

and

3491        Write a report

PEN1021 Communications and Computing

PEN103 Applying Theory and Practice

167         Practise food safety methods in a food business

26551   Provide first aid for life threatening conditions

26552   Demonstrate knowledge of common first aid conditions and how to respond to them

PEN1031   Applying Theory and Practice

Elective Option

Students choose either 528 or 20473 for PEN103 plus all other NZQA unit standards and locally developed units

Either

528           Demonstrate survival techniques for a civil defence emergency

0r

20473        Rescue casualties at ground level using civil defence general rescue techniques

Plus

5012          Demonstrate musculoskeletal care and handle people safely in a health or disability setting

12700        Describe the human cardiovascular system

12713        Describe the integumentary system of the human body

12719        Describe the human musculoskeletal system

PEN1032    Introduction to relaxation massage

PEN104 Introduction to Foundations of Health and Social Sciences

This programme provides the knowledge and basic academic skills to enable successful students an opportunity to apply for the Bachelor of Nursing programme. The skills gained within this programme enable consideration for other health-related programmes including Massage.

All applicants should demonstrate a keen interest in health and have academic attributes which demonstrate that applicants have a reasonable likelihood of successful completion of the programme.

School Leavers

Applicants should be a minimum of 16 years of age with a minimum of four years secondary education. School leavers should have attained a minimum of 12 credits at NCEA Level 2 in each of four subjects.

International Students

Applicants whose first language is not English, or who come from a country where the language of instruction in schools is not English, must provide evidence of having successfully completed English instruction to a level deemed appropriate by the head of faculty.  Evidence may include official transcripts and/or recognised English test results, such as IELTS and TOEFL.

For students to be considered to have satisfactorily completed this programme, and be eligible for award of the qualification, “Certificate in Pre Entry to the Bachelor of Nursing”, they must have:

• Attended for not less than 80% of the timetabled class hours and other activities for the module entitled “Introduction to Foundations of Health and Social Sciences”.
• Attended for not less than 100% for NZQA unit standard 528, “Demonstrate Survival Techniques for a Civil Defence Emergency”, or NZQA Unit Standard 20473 entitled “Rescue casualties at ground level using Civil Defence general rescue techniques” within the module entitled “Applying Theory and Practice”.
• Not withstanding attendance for NZQA unit standard 528 and 20473 as specified above, attended for not less than 90% for each of the compulsory NZQA unit standards that comprise this programme in each of the following modules:
• Personal and Professional Study Skills
• Communications and Computing
• Applying Theory and Practice
• Not withstanding attendance requirements for NZQA unit standards as specified attended a minimum of 80% for all other non-NZQA unit standard components of modules that comprise this programme.
• Completed all summative assessment requirements for the locally developed unit PEN 1011  as well as  demonstrated competence in the NZQA unit standards for ‘Personal and Professional Study Skills’ (to the value of 15 credits) and completed all summative requirements for ‘Introduction to Foundations of Health and Social Sciences’ (to the value of 30 credits).
• Completed all summative assessment requirements and demonstrated competence in the NZQA unit standards for 7 of the total 15 credits associated with the module entitled ‘Communications and Computing’.
• Completed all summative assessment requirements and demonstrated competence in the NZQA unit standards for the module entitled ‘Applying Theory and Practice’.
• This amounts to successful programme completion of 90 credits for the Certificate in Pre Entry to the Bachelor of Nursing.