In recent times, the number of Chinese students studying nursing in New Zealand has been increasing year by year, mainly due to the fact that nurses earn a high income, are well respected and have good migration prospects. Why choose to study nursing in New Zealand? The following article is organized by me, hope it can help you.
99% of people who get a registered nurse qualification can find a job
New Zealand, like many other developed countries in the world, has a shortage of nursing staff due to the aging of the population. Nurses are becoming a very respected profession. New Zealand has a nurse registration system, and 99% of those who have obtained the qualification of New Zealand registered nurses can find a job. The annual salary of a general registered nurse is about 50,000 New Zealand dollars (1 New Zealand dollar is about 5 yuan), and senior nurses can get 60,000 to 70,000 New Zealand dollars or even more. Registered nurses in New Zealand can practice on their own as special nurses. Those who work as registered nurses can apply for New Zealand Skilled Migration at the same time, because the New Zealand Immigration Bureau lists nurses as the preferred talent for accepting new immigrants. A girl from the north of China, who graduated from high school at the age of 19 and studied nursing at a university in Auckland for three years, became a registered nurse and is now working in a public hospital and has already obtained a permanent residence permit. She feels that she has integrated into the local society, and the work she is doing now is basically recognized and respected.
Can apply to the United States and the United Kingdom and other countries to seek development
As New Zealand's health care system and the working environment with Europe and the United States is basically the same, New Zealand nurse graduates of the road to employment is relatively wide, to obtain the New Zealand registered nurse license can have the qualifications and ability to practise in Australia, but also to apply to the United States, the United Kingdom, Saudi Arabia and other countries to seek development. other countries to seek development. In China, there is a growing number of foreign-funded or Sino-foreign joint venture hospitals, which will be able to absorb a large number of students with international nursing qualifications.
In New Zealand, there are 16 state universities and colleges that offer undergraduate nursing degrees, including the University of Auckland, Auckland University of Technology, Massey University, and other more prestigious schools. It usually takes 3 years to get an undergraduate degree. The annual tuition fee is about 16,000 New Zealand dollars, and the living cost is about 10,000 New Zealand dollars. Meanwhile, New Zealand authorities stipulate that all students above the second year of high school can legally work 20 hours per week, and can work full-time during vacation. A friend of this reporter who majored in nursing works part-time in a nursing home after school, which can not only apply and consolidate the knowledge learned, but also get practical nursing experience. In addition, there are some private schools in New Zealand that have established nursing programs. Some of these schools have good teaching facilities and teachers, but some of them have poor teaching standards and are irresponsible to students. Therefore, international students are advised to consider carefully and choose a school with a good reputation.
Nurses have the same prescriptive rights as doctors
In foreign countries, nurses and caregivers are two different concepts, nurses have the same prescriptive rights as doctors, and those who don't have an international nurse qualification can only be caregivers. It is not easy to get a New Zealand registered nurse qualification. To enter the undergraduate nursing program, the IELTS score should reach 6.5 to 7 points, and some people who do not pass the language are very difficult to listen to the class. A reporter has a friend who works as a teacher in China and has a good English foundation, but she still decided to go to a relatively expensive language school to strengthen her speaking skills. In addition, in the second year of enrollment, you have to go to the hospital for internship, which requires close communication with patients. Schools and hospitals attach great importance to the results of the internship, and if the results do not pass, no matter how good the other homework is, it will not work. So the elimination rate of students is not low, some schools even only 30% of the students can graduate.
After graduating from the nursing program, you need to take the registered nurse exam. Those who pass can enter hospitals, otherwise they can only work in nursing homes and the like. Those who are qualified to be nurses in China can apply to New Zealand to study a one-year nursing program and get a bachelor's degree. It is clear that the promises of some domestic intermediaries, such as "help for a short-term student visa to go abroad for training, and then arranged to work as a nurse in the local or third country to earn a lot of money", are not credible.