Start Your Nursing Journey
Our pre-nursing course will build your skills and the confidence to start a Nursing, Midwifery or Health Science degree.
Want to make a genuine difference in people’s lives? Nursing is a rewarding and fulfilling career path.
Throughout our pre-nursing courses, you’ll explore how the human body works, hear about the different jobs in the health sector, and how you could play your part to protect Aotearoa in the future.
You’ll be taught by friendly tutors who’ve worked in health and hear from real nurses as part of your training.
Take the first step towards a job you can be proud of with our pre-nursing courses.
Why choose NZMA?
You may be eligible for FREE study.
Get hands-on training from tutors who’ve been nurses or health workers
We can adapt our teaching style to suit your learning needs.
Enjoy smaller class sizes with friendly, helpful tutors.
Check out Jannet’s inspiring story below
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Pre-Nursing Courses
Health and Wellbeing - Introduction
20 weeksFree study optionsOpen to international studentsLearn how to support some of New Zealand’s most vulnerable people as a healthcare worker in mental health and addiction, community health, nursing or aged care. Gain practical skills and knowledge to apply what you learn in a three week work experience at a healthcare provider.
Nursing Career Preparation
18 weeksGet a deeper understanding of health, physiology and caring for people. Develop your academic skills further to prepare for a degree in Nursing, Midwifery or Health.
Jannet’s Story
Jannet discovered her passion for caring when she was just a kid. “In primary school whenever someone would get a cut, I’d rush them to get a plaster. Health just fits for me.” Like most people, Jannet had a key experience that shaped what she wanted to be. For her, it was watching her mother’s pregnancies. “My mum had seven children, and while she was pregnant I was by her side, rubbing her back, going to appointments, watching the health workers. I was inspired.”
Now a graduate of our level 4 health course, Jannet has turned her passion into a future.
Where you could study next
Our graduates have been accepted into MIT’s Bachelor of Nursing, AUT’s Bachelor of Health Science (Nursing), Whitireia Weltec’s Bachelor of Nursing Pacific, MIT’s Bachelor of Applied Counselling and the NZ Diploma in Enrolled Nursing around NZ.
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