Study Shows Nursing Growth Will Be Strong

Study Shows Nursing Growth Will Be Strong

A nursing degree is one way to ride out the recession with good prospects, a recent study shows.

The study investigating the projected effects of the economic recession highlights the health sector as one of the strongest predicted growth industries in New Zealand over the next five years. It was carried out by the New Zealand Institute of Economic Research and also predicts the Manawatu-Wanganui regions to be some of the areas with strongest employment growth.
Dean, Health, Science and Technology, Dr Nick Nicol says, “New Zealand needs more qualified nurses, and that will continue. Nursing is a career with very good employment prospects, and all indications are that UCOL nursing graduates will continue to be in demand.”

UCOL’s Bachelor of Nursing is offered at UCOL campuses in Wanganui, Palmerston North, Masterton, and at the Tairawhiti Polytechnic in Gisborne. Late last year students in the final year of the three year degree achieved an impressive 99 percent pass rate in the State Final Exam, the last requirement before they can become Registered Nurses with the Nursing Council of New Zealand.

The NZIER survey also predicted that people with lower skills are likely to make up 75 percent of those unemployed during the recession, and many could take this as incentive to upskill or retrain.

A nursing Information Evening is being held on the Palmerston North UCOL campus, on Princess Street tomorrow (Wednesday 21), between 7 and 9pm. Nick says anyone who would like to find out more information about nursing as a career, or the UCOL Bachelor of Nursing is invited to attend.

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