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✨ Nursing Qualifications and Scope of Practice

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NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE, No. 120

15 SEPTEMBER 2004

Qualifications

New Zealand Graduates

a) Successful completion of a programme approved by the Nursing Council, leading to a
certificate at level 4 on the New Zealand Qualification Authority – National
Qualifications Framework, AND

b) A pass in an assessment of the Nursing Council Competencies for Nurse Assistants
by an approved provider, AND

c) A pass in an examination for Nurse Assistants

Second level nurses from overseas

a) Registration/enrolment with an overseas regulatory authority, AND

b) An equivalent international qualification, OR

c) A pass in an assessment of the Nursing Council Competencies for Nurse Assistants
by an approved provider, AND/OR

d) Successful completion of a programme approved by the Nursing Council for the
purpose of assessing Competencies for Nurse Assistants.

Scope of Practice – Enrolled Nurse

Enrolled Nurses practise under the direction of a Registered Nurse or Midwife to implement
nursing care for people who have stable and predictable health outcomes in situations that
do not call for complex nursing judgement. The responsibilities of Enrolled Nurses include
assisting clients with the activities of daily living, recognising the changing needs of clients
and performing delegated interventions from the nursing or midwifery care plan.

Qualification

Completion of a programme and examination approved by the Nursing Council of
New Zealand leading to enrolment as a nurse successfully completed before 2000.

This scope is not open for new applicants from New Zealand or overseas from
18 September 2004. Applicants from that date will be registered as Nurse Assistants.

Dated at Wellington this 18th day of August 2004

MARION CLARK, Chief Executive, Nursing Council of New Zealand

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🏥 Notice of Scope of Practice and Related Qualifications for Nursing Council (continued from previous page)

Domain🏥 Health & Social Welfare
Dated18 August 2004
KeywordsNursing Council, Scope of Practice, Qualifications, Registration, Nurse Assistant, Enrolled Nurse, Competencies
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MARION CLARK, Chief Executive, Nursing Council of New Zealand

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