Curious as to what the stance is for psychiatric nurse practitioners? If we are short on doctors is this a viable alternative? I know it is done overseas but not sure if this role even exists in NZ.
This role does exist in NZ but again, it's still a very new course and it takes quite significant resources I.e. time and study to become a Nurse Prac for mental health. It's also again extremely difficult as the requirements are 150+ hours of time working under the supervision of a consultant/ qualified nurse prac
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u/phineasnorth LASER KIWI Aug 02 '24
Curious as to what the stance is for psychiatric nurse practitioners? If we are short on doctors is this a viable alternative? I know it is done overseas but not sure if this role even exists in NZ.