After due inquiry and in exercise of its powers under
sections 42 (1) (b), 42 (2) (d), 42 (3), 43, 48F and 48A of the
Nurses Act 1977, the Nursing Council of New Zealand
("the council"), in a decision dated 11 October 2001, ordered that the registered general and obstetric nurse be censured.
The council also ordered that the nurse pay $10,930.00 (being 40%) towards the actual costs and expenses of and incidental to the investigation and prosecution by the Director of Proceedings of the Health and Disability Commissioner's office and inquiry by the council, and that
a notice stating the effect of the orders be published in
the New Zealand Gazette, Kai Tiaki: Nursing New Zealand, and the nursing council's newsletter with suppression of all parties' names and identifying features of the case.
MARION CLARK, Registrar.