Psychiatric Nurse
After due inquiry and in exercise of its powers under section 42 (1) (b), 42 (2) (b), 42 (3) and 48A of the Nurses Act 1977, the Nursing Council of New Zealand ("the council"), in a decision dated 20 August 2002, ordered that the psychiatric nurse be suspended from practice for a period of 12 months.
The council also ordered that the nurse pay $3960.00 (being 30%) towards the actual costs and expenses of
and incidental to the investigation and prosecution by
the Preliminary Proceedings Committee and inquiry by the council and that a notice stating the effect of the orders be published in the New Zealand Gazette, Kai Tiaki: Nursing New Zealand, Nursing Review and the nursing council's newsletter with suppression of the names of all parties and identifying features of the case.
MARION CLARK, Registrar.