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Annual Report 2019

Posted on 12/11/2019
Tēnā koutou, talofa lava and welcome to the 2018-2019 Annual Report from the Nursing Council of New Zealand.

Council will not return documents received with IQN applications from 1/12/19

Posted on 4/11/2019
From 1 December the Council will not return documents provided as part of an IQN application.

Registration for IQNs now requires two steps

Posted on 15/10/2019
Registration for IQNs will require two steps.

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12/11/2019 Annual Report 2019

4/11/2019 Council will not return documents received with IQN applications from 1/12/19

15/10/2019 Registration for IQNs now requires two steps

2/09/2019 APC cards are no longer issued

29/08/2019 MyNC is now 'live' and available on our homepage

28/08/2019 Notice for nurses who are currently renewing their APCs

5/06/2019 MyNC_available_later_in_the_year

5/06/2019 Consultation on the application fee for nurses from overseas

1/02/2019 Wiki haumaru turoro | Patient Safety Week

26/01/2019 Are your details up to date?

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Registered nurse prescribing in community health

Posted on 5/07/2019
The Associate Health Minister Hon Jenny Salesa has announced today a managed roll out of limited nurse prescribing of contraceptives and some short-term antibiotics for common conditions.

Catherine Byrne appointed

Posted on 5/12/2018
Safaato’a (To’a) Fereti, Acting Chair of the Nursing Council of New Zealand, announced today the appointment of Catherine Byrne to the role of Chief Executive/Registrar of the Nursing Council of New Zealand.

Resignation of Chief Executive/Registrar

Posted on 11/09/2018
Catherine Byrne, Chair of the Nursing Council of New Zealand, today announced the resignation of the Council’s Chief Executive/Registrar, Carolyn Reed.

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