As a nurse in a "pervious life" I find it disheartening to learn that employers do not check the currency of an employee's registration with the nursing council.
In this case a nurse had "been employed as a nurse at Oamaru Hospital between 1999 and 2006, when she did not hold an annual practising certificate.
Her last certificate had expired in 1991. She deferred requests to produce her certificate and was only caught out when the hospital implemented a new process for checking nurses' registrations in 2006."
When discovered she resigned and then went on to work as a caregiver at a rest home in Oamaru, where she stole two cheques from a patient.
The moral - when employing registered nurses please ensure they have current registration.
(Via Stuff)
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