North West University
Master of Nursing Science
The Master of Nursing Science in Health Professions is offered by North West University.
Program Length: 1 .
Subjects: 2.
Master of Nursing Science offered by the North West University at the Faculty of Health Sciences
Research and training with the aim of obtaining this qualification in the Faculty of Health Sciences are structured in the School of Nursing Sciences and the research focus area NUMIQ (Quality in Nursing and Midwifery).
Research and training in the various programmes indicated below take place under the guidance of the Director of the research focus area NUMIQ (Quality in Nursing and Midwifery), whilst lectured modules are managed by the School of Nursing Sciences and the staff of the different subject groups.
The degree can be conducted on a full time and part time basis.
Duration (minimum and maximum)
The minimum duration for the study is one year and the maximum duration two years, calculated from the date of first registration for the particular programme. The faculty’s decision is based on the current subsidy model for universities and may differ from other faculties or regulations.
Outcomes of the qualification
Students have mastered the outcomes of the qualification if they are able to demonstrate:
- specialist knowledge to enable engagement with and critique of current research or practices as well as focused research in the fields of community and professional nursing;
- the ability to evaluate current processes of knowledge production and to choose an appropriate process of enquiry for the area of study or practice;
- a command of and ability to design, select and apply appropriate and creative research methods, techniques, processes or technologies to research problems in the fields of professional and community nursing;
- an ability to use a range of research skills in identifying, conceptualising, designing and implementing methods of enquiry to address complex and challenging problems in the fields of professional and community nursing;
- an ability to make autonomous ethical decisions which affect research, and an ability to critically contribute to the development of ethical standards in the context of community nursing;
- an ability to design and implement a strategy for the processing and management of information, in order to conduct a comprehensive review of leading and current research in community nursing to produce significant insights;
- an ability to use the resources of academic and professional or occupational discourses to communicate and defend substantial ideas that are the products of research or development in professional and community nursing; and use a range of advanced and specialised skills and discourses appropriate to a field, discipline or practice, to communicate to a range of audiences with different levels of knowledge or expertise;
- an ability to develop his or her own learning strategies which sustain independent learning and academic or professional development, and can interact effectively within the learning or professional group as a means of enhancing learning;
- and an ability to operate independently and take full responsibility for his or her own work, and, where appropriate, to account for leading and initiating processes and implementing systems, ensuring good resource management and governance practices.
Programme: Nursing Science
The qualified student should be able to practise as a leader and independent practitioner together with other multi-disciplinary team members within the health care system. As leader, he/she should be able to practise professional, comprehensive, high-quality; scientifically founded nursing. The provided health care should be able to meet the needs of the time, the province, the country and the person. Health care at this level is characterized /driven by service delivery and involvement in policy development. The masters prepared professional demonstrates leadership, continues professional development and lifelong learning. He/she role models scholarship in health and mentor others.
Curriculum: Nursing Science
Research methodology (32 credits)
Dissertation: Nursing (148 credits)
Curriculum: Community Nursing Science
Research methodology (32 credits)
Dissertation: Community Nursing Science (148 credits)
