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Nursing in
New Zealand

www.moh.govt.nz/nursing

Here you can find information about the work nurses are doing to develop and enhance their contribution to health services in New Zealand.


Nurses in New Zealand deliver health services in a range of settings and some of the more innovative projects are described in the Evaluation of the Eleven Primary Health Care Nursing Innovation Projects report in the Nursing Initiatives section.


Information for people who want to become nurses - and for nurses wanting to further their education - can be found in the Studying Nursing in New Zealand section.


There are also links to nursing publications and nursing organisations' websites, as well as information on processes relevant to for overseas nurses wishing to practice in New Zealand.



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Page last updated: 10 September 2010

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