Nurses say keep licensing
PA Wellington Any move to delicense the nursing profession will be vigorously opposed, the Nurses’ Association says. The Under-Secretary of Health, Mr Peter Dunne, said recently that all health service groups should face up to the possible implications of delicensing. Recent developments with independent nurse practitioners had shown the confidence and resourcefulness that nurses were capable of in responding to new challenges.
The Nurses Act said that people could be called nurses only if they were registered or enrolled nurses. The association did not expect that this would change, said a spokeswoman, Mrs Ann Chapman.
“We are not sure why Mr Dunne feels that/the deregulation of nurses would open up greater areas, for nurses to practise in,” she said. Independent nurse practitioners were already working in- New Zealand within the law and with wide boundaries of practice. They offered the consumer more choice in their entry to health care, she said.
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