CAP - Westley

Nurses will develop their clinical skills during placements including care planning, pathophysiology, reflective practice, pharmacology, cultural safety, leadership, and team management amongst other key nursing skills. 

Entry Requirements

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, which can be either IELTS or OET.

The pass rates must be:

• IELTS: 7 in Reading, Speaking, & Listening, and 6.5 in Writing 
• OET: 350 in Reading, Speaking, & Listening, and 300 in Writing

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

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

Course Fees: NZ $ 8,900.00 (GST included)
Administration fee of $ 345.00 (GST included)
NZNO Student Membership: Refer to fees here

Placements Information

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

Location for placement is usually indicated at the time of enrolment into the Wesley

CAP course and will be confirmed during your first week of CAP block course workshops. 

5 weeks of clinical placements which cover a total of 160 hours of clinical shifts which equal to about 20 rostered shifts. Most of the clinical placements are in approved Oceania Healthcare facilities in New Zealand both on the North Island and South Island. 

We try our best to allocate nurses to their location of choice. However, we must place you where there are vacancies in practice and availability of NZRN preceptors.  

Click to see the nursing facility locations at Oceania Healthcare.

Allocations are subject to availability and assigned by Regional Clinical placement planner for the CAP Nurse.

Wesley Institute offers six Competency Assessment Programmes (CAP) annually. All clinical placements are New Zealand Nursing Council approved healthcare facilities located in both the North and South Islands of New Zealand (NZ).

The main training venue for CAP, and where theory week in week one is completed, is in Auckland (North Island).

Following the completion of theory week, starting week two and for the remainder of the programme, CAP nurses will then complete their assigned clinical placements in locations throughout NZ.

IMPORTANT: Clinical placement locations identified in the CAP enrolment offer letter are an indication only, definite locations and facilities will only be confirmed with the CAP in week one of the programme.

• 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.