Nurse Practitioner Advisory Committee of New Zealand

Nurse Practitioner Advisory Committee of New Zealand (NPAC-NZ)

Background

Established in February 2002, NPAC-NZ comprises representatives from:

• New Zealand College of Mental Health Nurses
• College of Nurses Aotearoa (NZ)
• New Zealand Nurses Organisation
• National Council of Māori Nurses.

Nurse Practitioner Advisory Committee of New Zealand (NPAC-NZ) works under the terms of a Memorandum of understanding with the Nursing Council of New Zealand.

The focus of NPAC-NZ is to work with the profession and the Nursing Council of New Zealand on matters relating to the registration of Nurse Practitioners and the development of the Nurse Practitioner model in Aotearoa, New Zealand.

Key objectives of NPAC-NZ

• Commitment to the principles of the Treaty of Waitangi/Te Tiriti o Waitangi – partnership, participation and protection. These will underpin the developments and outcomes of the work of the committee.
• Provide leadership for the review and development of the Nurse Practitioner processes and scopes of practice.
• Identify research priorities and promote research and evaluation related to the Nurse Practitioner role and its development.
• Make recommendations to the Nursing Council of New Zealand.
• Provide a leadership role and engage with the wider nursing community on issues relating to the strategic development of the Nurse Practitioner model in New Zealand.

committee

NPAC-NZ committee members include:

• Helen Snell, Nurse Practitioner & Chair, & Charlotte Thompson, Professional Nursing Advisor – representatives of New Zealand Nurses Organisation (NZNO).
• Pip Rutherford, Nurse Practitioner, & Sue Wood, Director of Nursing Midcentral DHB
  – representatives of College of Nurses Aotearoa (CONA).
• Bernadette Forde-Paus, Nurse Practitioner, & Alex Craig, Director of Nursing
  – representatives of College of Mental Health Nurses.
• Orana Harris, Director of Nursing at Nga Mataapuna Oranga Kaupapa Maori PHO
  – representative of National Council of Maori Nurses

For any enquiries please contact or Georgina Araboglos (Administrative Support) georginaa@nzno.org.nz or Charlotte Thompson (Professional Nursing Advisor) via email at charlottet@nzno.org.nz.

Newsletters

NPAC-NZ July 2010 Newsletter (pdf, 500 Kb)

NPAC-NZ April 2010 Newsletter (pdf, 500 Kb)

NPAC-NZ December 2009 Newsletter (pdf, 155Kb)

NPAC-NZ May 2009 Newsletter (pdf, 120 Kb)

TRAINING PROGRAMME

One of NPAC's workstreams this year has been to focus on the clinical practice component of the preparation for NP registration and, in particular, exploring the concept of a nationally consistent Nurse Practitioner Training Programme.

Informal consultation has occurred with the Nurse Practitioners of New Zealand, the Chief Nurse (Acting), the Nursing Council of New Zealand, Future Workforce Group and Health Workforce NZ. We are now consulting with the wider nursing profession and invite you to provide NPAC-NZ with your comments on the draft NP training programme paper.

NPAC-NZ is particularly interested in your views and request your feed back on specific questions at the back of the NP Training Programme paper. Please feel free to provide additional comment.