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Nursing

Nurses are vital to our health system. Find out how to become a nurse, and what we’re doing to strengthen and support the nurse workforce.
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  • Return to Nursing Workforce Support Fund

    Find how this fund will support New Zealand-based nurses who are not currently working to return to a nursing role.
  • Internationally Qualified Nurses CAP Fund

    Internationally Qualified Nurses who need to complete a Competence Assessment Programme to work in NZ can apply for funding to reduce the costs.
  • Mental Health & Addiction Nursing Campaign

    Find out about what we're doing to increase our nursing workforce to improve health outcomes for New Zealanders.
  • The Nursing Pipeline Programme

    We work with the DoN Group and facilitate collaboration at a national level; to support and enable effective Nursing workforce development.
  • Real Nurses Attraction campaign

  • Nurses' Pay Equity

  • Pay disparities

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