Pharmacology Resources
Nursing Council of New Zealand:
- Code of conduct for nurses
- Competencies for registered nurses (Scroll down to pdf)
New Zealand Nurses Organisation:
- Guidelines for nurses on the administration of medicines
- Guidelines: Code of ethics, 2019
- Fact sheet: Understanding Duty of Care, 2016
Ministry of Health:
Legislation:
Supporting textbooks include:
Potter & Perry's fundamentals of nursing:
- Chapter 13: Acting in accordance with New Zealand regulatory frameworks
- Chapter 20: Ensuring medication safety
Pharmacology for health professionals
A guide to the law for nurses and midwives by Dewey Number: 344.0414 BURPublication Date: 2008Chapter 7. Legislation specific to practitioners – the Health Practitioners Competence Assurance Act 2003
Websites to help with nursing calculations:
- RMIT University - Nursing calculations
- Flinders University - Basic calculations
- Unitec's Study Toolbox: Maths for nursing
Clinical dosage calculations for Australia + New Zealand by Dewey Number: 615.6 BROPublication Date: 2016
- MEDSAFE: GuidelinesMEDSAFE is responsible for the regulation of medicines and medical devices in New Zealand, and the safe use of medicines.
Click on Medicines to access Data Sheets and Consumer Medicine Information
- New Zealand Legislation This link opens in a new window
Search for Medicines Act 1981
Medicines Amendment Act 2013
- PHARMACPHARMAC is the New Zealand government agency that decides which pharmaceuticals to publicly fund in New Zealand.
Controlled Drugs:
- New Zealand FormularyThe NZF is an independent resource providing healthcare professionals with clinically validated medicines information and guidance on best practice, enabling healthcare professionals to select safe and effective medicines for individual patients.
MIMS new ethicalsDewey Number: 615 NEW
- ClinicalKey for Nursing This link opens in a new window
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