Bachelor of Veterinary Nursing

Take your passion for veterinary nursing to the next level. This programme will set you up for registration as a veterinary nurse, enable you to increase your critical thinking, and provides plenty of research opportunities to develop and further your career.

The Bachelor of Veterinary Nursing is an extension of two current veterinary nursing programmes.

First Year: Your first year is the same as the New Zealand Certificate in Animal Technology (Veterinary Nursing Assistant), where you can learn the fundamentals of animal nursing, with lots of opportunities to put theory into practice within select clinical environments.

Second Year: This is the same as the New Zealand Diploma in Veterinary Nursing, where you’ll have the opportunity to gain registration as a veterinary nurse, and develop technical skills and medical knowledge through practical experience to become an effective veterinary nurse within a professional team.

Third Year: You’ll take your registration one step further by extending your research and critical thinking. You can also choose to work on a real-life research project for a veterinary nursing organisation in Aotearoa New Zealand or overseas.