Advance practice and nurse practitioner

Nurse Practitioner

Nurse practitioner candidacy programme

The current NP Candidacy Programme successfully prepares candidates for the NP application process managed by the Nursing Council of NZ. Key to the RN transition to the NP scope of practice is the advancing clinical practice and practice leadership.

Nurse practitioner candidacy programme process

Nurse practitioner resources

• Nurse practitioner scope of practice
• Nurse practitioners New Zealand website
• Health Quality and Safety Commission New Zealand website
• Nurse practitioners, a healthy future for New Zealand
• Competencies for the nurse practitioner scope of practice
• Difference between diabetes RN prescriber and nurse practitioner
• NPNZ submission on ACC cost of treatment
• Nurse practitioner portfolios and change of NP scope of practice
• NP / APN Network Bulletin - December 2019
• NP / APN Network Bulletin - May 2020

Nurse practitioner fellowship

This fellowship is to support nurses registered with the Nursing Council of New Zealand to complete and approved clinical master;s degree programme for the nurse practitioner scope of practice in the field of cardiovascular disease. It is required that the applicant has an undergraduate degree in a health science/health discipline and at least 4 years experience in an area of practice. 

More information about eligibility and guidelines here

Advanced practice and nurse practitioner series

The Advanced Practice and Nurse Practitioner Information and Support Series welcomes all nurses interested in knowing more about topics related to advanced nursing practice and the Nurse Practitioner (NP) scope of practice.

The topics have relevance across the health care sector and interest nurses working in a range of roles and settings. Therefore people not involved in Nurse Practitioner development also come along.

Each month on the last Tuesday of the month, we gather to hear presenters and to discuss a range of topics that support nurses to understand the process of becoming a Nurse Practitioner and what this level of advanced practice means.

Contact

For more information and to receive regular invitations to the NP Information and Support Series, contact Helen Costello.

Helen Costello
Associate Director of Nursing - Practice Development
DDI: 04 806 0513
email: helen.costello@ccdhb.org.nz