Obstetric Nurse
Pursuant to sections 42 (1) (b), 42 (2) (ba), 42 (3) and
48A of the Nurses Act 1977, the Nursing Council of
New Zealand ("the council"), in a decision dated
23 December 2003, ordered that conditions be imposed
on the practice of a registered general and obstetric nurse,
to be met within six months of the date of the decision.
The council also ordered that the nurse pay $1,845.00 (being 25%) of the actual costs and expenses of and incidental to the investigation 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, the council's newsletter and released to accredited members of the media, with all identifying features of the case suppressed.
MARION CLARK, Registrar.