A letter from Nursing Council approving your application for NZ registration and your enrolment into the CAP course.

An English Language assessment is required by the Nursing Council of New Zealand for all overseas trained nurses (except Australia). This must be completed prior to enrolment in our course, and can be either IELTS or OET.

The pass rates must be:

• IELTS: 7 in Reading, Speaking, Listening, and Writing 
• OET: 350 in Reading, Speaking, Listening, and Writing

Combined OET results may be considered, within 12 months apart.

Any cost incurred for this assessment must be met by the candidate.

Registered Nurse Course Fees Include: 

• Course Fees: $8,900.00
• Administration Fee: $ 345.00 (non refundable)

Total: NZ $ 9,245.00 (GST included) 

Enrolled Nurse Course Fees Include: 

• Course Fees: $7,900.00
• Administration Fee: $ 345.00 (non refundable)

Total: NZ $ 8,245.00 (GST included) 

Registered Nurses and Enrolled Nurses are also expected to have indemnity insurance cover before commencing nursing practice experience as a student. NZ Nurses Organisation (NZNO) has student membership available. Refer to their fees here: NZNO member fees. This is compulsory and must be paid online prior to the start of CAP. 

Please note: These fees apply to all students, domestic or international, regardless of NZ residency/immigration status.

The Wesley Institute of Nursing CAP Course runs across three main regions: 

• Northern 
• Central
• Southern

Theory classes are held on campuses in the main centres of each region:

• Auckland
• Wellington
• Christchurch

The CAP clinical placement starts in the second week of the programme. 

Wesley Institute has Nursing Council-approved placements in facilities throughout New Zealand; the regions you will be sent for clinical placements are listed below.

• Northern Region (Auckland, Waikato, Tauranga, Tokoroa, Whangarei, Dargaville, Rotorua, Taupō )
• Central Region (Napier, Hastings, Gisborne, Wellington, Whanganui)
• Southern Region (Christchurch, Nelson, Blenheim, Motueka, Dunedin, Invercargill)
  

Clinical placements run for 5 weeks totalling 160 hours of clinical shifts.

Most of the clinical placements are in approved Oceania Healthcare facilities in New Zealand both on the North Island and South Island. 

Please note that placements in all regions are limited, so there is no ability to choose where you want to go. We must place you where there are vacancies in practice and accounting for the availability of NZRN preceptors.  

Click to see the nursing facility locations at Oceania Healthcare.

• White short-sleeved shirts, blouses, polo shirts, scrub tops with no logos.
• Black or dark blue trousers (not jeans)
• Brown or black rubber-soled shoes with flat heels (toes covered)
• Hair tied back (if shoulder length or longer) 
• Professional make-up, jewellery, personal hygiene, and grooming
• Wesley Institute CAP Nurse name badge must be always visible.