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Nurse Practitioners in New Zealand

Case Studies


  • Nurse Practitioner in Palliative Care, Jackie Robinson
  • A potential Nurse Practitioner role in Chronic (Cardiac) Disease Management in the Wairarapa - Maureen Barnes
  • Working life as a Nurse Practitioner in Child and Youth Health - Paula Renouf
  • Working life as a Nurse Practitioner in Urology - Trish White
  • Developing a Nurse Practitioner role in Aged Persons' Care, Christchurch - Deb Gillon
  • A Glimpse at the Working Life of a Mental Health Nurse Practitioner in New Zealand - Bernadette Forde
  • Nurse Practitioner/Primary Health care/Whanau ora - Adrianne Murray

Nurse Practitioners employed in DHBs within New Zealand


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Area of PracticeRegisteredPrescribersEmployed
Neonatology611
Mental Health212
Respiratory221
Diabetes111
Youth Health11
Women's Health10
Palliative Care11
Wound Care33
Pain Management11
Primary Health Care110
Primary Health Care Whanau Ora212
Primary Health Care Aged Care11
Primary Health Care Child & Youth Care111
Urology111
Acute Cardiac Care111
Total25916

New Zealand image and data table supplied by Deborah Harris, chair NPAC-NZ

Page last updated: January 2007
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