After due inquiry and in exercise of its powers under sections 42 (1) (b), 42 (2) (a), 42 (3) and 48A of the
Nurses Act 1977, the Nursing Council of New Zealand
("the council"), in a decision dated 18 December
2001, found Awhina Teresa MacDonald, registered psychopaedic nurse, guilty of professional misconduct on the grounds that her conduct brings or was likely to bring discredit on the nursing profession and amounted to malpractice.
The council ordered that Awhina Teresa MacDonald's name be removed from the Register and that she may reapply for reinstatement after 12 months.
It also ordered that she pay $7770.00 (being 40%) towards the actual costs and expenses of and incidental to the investigation and prosecution by the Preliminary Proceedings Committee and inquiry by the council, and that a notice stating the effect of these orders be published in the
New Zealand Gazette, Kai Tiaki: Nursing New Zealand and the nursing council's newsletter with identifying details of the case are suppressed.
MARION CLARK, Registrar.