After due inquiry and in exercise of its powers under section 41 (1) (b), 42 (2) (d), 42 (3) and 48A of the Nurses Act 1977, the Nursing Council of New Zealand ("the council") in a decision dated 29 December 2000, found a psychiatric nurse guilty of professional misconduct on the grounds that the nurse's conduct brings or was likely to bring discredit on the nursing profession.
The council ordered that the nurse be censured and pay $13,670.00 (being 50%) towards the actual costs and expenses of and incidental to the investigation and prosecution by the Preliminary Proceedings Committee and inquiry by the council.
It also ordered that a notice stating the effect of these orders be published in the New Zealand Gazette, Kai Tiaki: Nursing New Zealand and the Nursing Council's newsletter with the names of all parties and the area in which the conduct occurred suppressed.
MARION CLARK, Registrar.