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alignment with community need and foster
genuine collaboration and team work between
nurses, General Practitioners and other
practitioners.
It feels rather extraordinary to be still arguing
for this outcome in 2015. The launch of the
PHC strategy provided such hope to nursing
and our document Investing in Health (MoH,
2003) showed that we knew exactly what
needed to happen to deliver on the goals of
the strategy. Somewhat daunted by lack of
progress in 2007 we came together as a
profession and revised the recommendations
to the Ministry of Health, PHOs and DHBS in
order to release the potential of nursing to
meet community and patient need.
continuity of care, patient-staff ratios
and clinical outcomes
That processes ensure that nurses are
held directly accountable for high
quality practice
That there are differentiated practice
levels or roles and differentiated pay
scales for nursing congruent with
differences in educational preparation,
certification, and other advanced
nursing preparation
That organizations utilize clinical n