New Graduate Nurses - 2024
New Graduate Nurses - 2022
New Graduate Nurses - 2023
New Graduate Programme - Core Learning Module One

Learning Outcomes

  • Raise self-awareness of how own cultural values, beliefs and biases may influence engagement with and care they provide for people from culturally diverse backgrounds.
  • Gain an understanding of diverse worldviews and consider how these may influence their practice.
  • Be able to recognise and address culturally unsafe practice.
  • Consider potential tensions that may be encountered between cultural obligations and professional expectations and how these can be reconciled.

New Graduate Programme - Core Learning Module Two

Learning Outcomes

  • Articulate an understanding of the local population, with specific attention to equity in health outcomes for Maori and other high need populations.
  • Demonstrate knowledge, skills and critical thinking in practice, underpinned by application of culturally responsive care that is holistic and equity based (Poster and On-line forum discussion).

New Graduate Programme - Core Learning Module Three

Learning Outcomes

    • Conduct a comprehensive health assessment in partnership with the patient and family/whanau, including physical, psychological, cultural and social aspects and synthesise the findings to develop a plan of care.
    • Integrate understanding of the relationship between mental and physical health in patient/client assessment and into the negotiated plan of care.
    • Articulate the knowledge underlying the client assessment and diagnostic tests to develop an evidence-based interpretation and support the nursing contribution to the interdisciplinary care plan.
    • Utilise a communication framework to articulate accurate and relevant information from the client’s situation, history and assessment findings to appropriate members of the health team.

New Graduate Programme - Core Learning Module Four

Learning Outcomes

  • Raise self-awareness of how own cultural values, beliefs and biases may influence engagement with and care they provide for people from culturally diverse backgrounds.
  • Gain an understanding of diverse worldviews and consider how these may influence their practice.
  • Be able to recognise and address culturally unsafe practice.
  • Consider potential tensions that may be encountered between cultural obligations and professional expectations and how these can be reconciled.

New Graduate Programme - Core Learning Module Five

Learning Outcomes

  • Explores professional responsibilities and accountabilities and reflects on challenges experienced in practice in relation to these .

  • Discusses legal, cultural, professional and ethical dilemmas using appropriate frameworks.
  • Examines the role of quality improvement (QI) and how it impacts on health care and patient outcomes.

New Graduate Programme - Core Learning Module Six

Learning Outcomes

  • Reflect on own strengths in relation to leadership and how these have been demonstrated in their practice.
  • Explore leadership styles and attributes and application in practice.
  • Demonstrate developing leadership skills that contribute to development of others, advocacy, improved health outcomes and equity.
  • Explore career pathways and future career opportunities.

New Graduate Programme - Comprehensive Assessment

Learning Outcomes

  • The comprehensive assessment is a summative assessment for NETP graduates, to meet Learning Outcome Four of the graduate programme.
  • The comprehensive assessment is an opportunity for the graduate to demonstrate application of their learning, from core learning modules and service specific learning modules, in practice.
  • The comprehensive assessment is based on holistic health and wellbeing and can be adapted to fit the context of the relevant clinical setting.
  • The assessment is completed in the graduate’s current clinical placement, this may be with one patient on one occasion, or over a period of time with multiple patients. The graduate may have been caring for this person and have an established relationship with them and their whānau.
  • The comprehensive assessment must be completed prior to the end of the graduate programme.
Waikato New Graduate Midwives and Nurses eLearning Modules

New Graduate Midwives' and Nurses' Orientation Home Page

This course is intended as an easy access point to the relevant e-learning courses offered at Te Whatu Ora Waikato for new graduate nurses and midwives.