Council of Medical Colleges in New Zealand

CMC Position Statement: Advanced Nursing Scopes and P.A.s

CMC hosted a forum in March to discuss extended nursing roles and physician assistants and the how these roles work in the multidisciplinary team. An official position statement has since been developed.

CMC Position Statement

Since the forum in March, CMC has developed a position statement on advanced nursing scopes and physician assistant developments: Click here to read the statement.

Forum on Physician Assistants and Advanced Nursing Roles - 8 March 2013

The forum was overall, a very informative excercise with presentations from different sector representatives including doctors, clinical nurse specialists, a physician assistant, a nurse practitioner and from other sector stakeholders such as the Medical Council, the New Zealand Nursing Organisation, Health Workforce New Zealand and the Ministry of Health. 

Guests and CMC Members enjoyed the opportunity to discuss the different roles and hear the viewpoints of each group and all participants came away with a better understanding of New Zealand's current workforce issues and what needs to happen to ensure that the needs of New Zealand are being met. 

Guest presentations are available to CMC Members and a summary of the meeting can be found here.

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