The Diploma in Nursing (NSG) is a comprehensive course that prepares you to become a versatile healthcare professional equipped with problem-solving skills and an eye for detail. You will learn how to manage medical conditions and get trained to make critical decisions that impact lives. In addition to core nursing modules, you will learn about behavioural and human biosciences. Upon graduation, you will be ready to practise as a registered nurse or tap into a wide range of career opportunities in the pharmaceutical and biomedical industries, locally and overseas.
Industry-based Learning
Learn from industry practitioners and gain insights into modern healthcare with 32 weeks of clinical attachments in different specialities from your first year.
Hospital Sponsorships
With the nursing profession in high demand, you can secure a reputable job even before graduation. Nursing students can apply for a hospital sponsorship that offers a monthly allowance ranging from $850 to $950.
Ngee Ann Polytechnic’s Nursing Diploma boasts an impressive 43 weeks of clinical attachments in different specialities right from Year 1, giving you plenty of experience and exposure even before graduation. It also exposes its students to the Life Sciences and provides opportunities for overseas immersion trips, internships, and service-learning trips. Exciting!
Programme Duration: Full-time basis, 3 years
Curriculum: Interesting modules include a module on Medical Sociology and one on Emerging Clinical Trends.
Course Fees: SGD 2,900 for Singaporeans, 6,000 for PRs, 10,800 for international students annually
Prospects: Like Nanyang Polytechnic, graduates can go on to pursue nursing at an advanced level and become Nurse Researchers or Clinicians, for example. Alternatively, they can start out as Staff Nurses at various health institutions.
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