Nurse Practitioners Nurse Practitioners require completion of at least one approved formal nursing programme to Masters level, and appropriate experience and expertise in the area of specialisation. Areas of specialised nursing practice are broad- based – for example, Nurse Practitioner (Child Health), Nurse Practitioner (Emergency and Trauma). In order to qualify to prescribe, a Nurse Practitioner is required to have: Obtained a Nurse Practitioner prescribing qualification that is specified for the purposes of this paragraph by the Nursing Council by notice in the Gazette; and Undertaken the training (if any) that is specified for the purposes of this paragraph by the Nursing Council by notice in the Gazette; and Demonstrated, to the satisfaction of the Nursing Council, that he or she is sufficiently knowledgeable to safely prescribe all Nurse Practitioner medicines. Designated Nurse Prescriber In November 2015, Government agreed to the proposal for registered nurses working in primary health and specialty teams to become designated prescribers under the Medicines Act 1981 (the Act). Regulations will allow suitably qualified registered nurses working in primary health and specialty teams to prescribe specified medicines. The prescription medicines allowed will be specified by notice in the New Zealand Gazette by the Director-General of Health as required under section 105(5A) of the Medicines Act and in amendments to the Misuse of Drugs Regulations 1977. People will now be able to obtain a prescription for these medicines when visiting a designated registered nurse prescriber rather than needing to see a doctor or nurse practitioner to obtain a prescription. Registered nurse prescribers will work as team members in primary care or specialist clinics. New Zealand Nursing Council Code of Conduct for Nurses (2012) The Code of Conduct provides a guide for: • The public to access minimum standards expected of Nurses • Nurses to monitor their own performance and that of their registration
(d) Any death that occurred while the woman concerned was giving birth or appears to have been a result of the women being pregnant or giving birth (e) The death is of any patient detained in an institution by an order under section of the Alcoholism and Drug Addiction Act 1966 (f) The death is of any child or young person in a residence established under Section 365 of the Children, Young Persons, and Their Families Act 1989 (g) The death of any child or young person while that child or young person: (i) Is in the custody or care of an Iwi Social Service or a Cultural Social Service, or the Director of a Child and Family Support Service, pursuant to particular sections of the Children, Young Persons, and their Families Act 1989; or (ii) Is in the charge of any person or organisation pursuant to section of that Act (h) The death of any patient as defined in Section 2 of the Mental Health (Compulsory Assessment and Treatment) Act 1992 (i) The death of any proposed care recipient, or care recipient, as defined in Section 5(1) of the Intellectual Disability (Compulsory Care and Rehabilitation) Act 2003 (j) The death of any prisoner, as defined in the Corrections Act 2004 (k) The death of any person in the custody of the Police, or in the custody of a security officer (as defined in the Corrections Act 2004). The death of any person in, or on a New Zealand-registered ship or aircraft, or an aircraft or ship of the New Zealand Armed Forces Paragraphs (d) to (h) of this section apply to a death whether or not it occurred in the institution, residence, hospital, or penal institution concerned. Occupiers’ Liability Act 1962 An occupier of premises has a duty of care to others on their property. There may be liability for injury or damage resulting to persons or goods lawfully on any land or other property from dangers due to the state of the property or to things done or omitted to be done there. So staff must take such care as in all the circumstances of the case is reasonable to see that the visitor will be reasonably safe in using the premises for the purposes for which he is invited or permitted by the occupier to be there. This includes