First international students since March 2020 arrive at Hawke s Bay s EIT
27 Jan, 2021 01:23 AM
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The 16 international and two domestic students at their welcoming event. Photo / Supplied
The first offshore international students since March 2020 have arrived at EIT for a nursing course after being granted a critical purpose exception.
The cohort of 16 Filipino students were allowed to enter New Zealand as critical health and disability workers who are internationally qualified nurses invited to come to New Zealand by the Nursing Council of New Zealand and are enrolled in a Competence Assessment Programme.
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Already qualified nurses in the Philippines, they are now completing a seven-week Registered Nurse Competence Training Scheme (also known as CAP) for overseas registered nurses.
Monday, 18 January 2021, 2:17 pm
Deputy Health and Disability Commissioner Rose Wall today
released a report finding a registered nurse in breach of
the Code of Health and Disability Services Consumers’
Rights (the Code) for failures in the care provided to a man
in a high dependency unit (HDU).
The man has lived at
the HDU in a rest home since 2012. He has chronic
schizoaffective disorder and vascular dementia, and is
subject to an indefinite compulsory treatment order. His
care plan noted that out of confusion and disorientation, he
tended to get unsettled and agitated and exhibit verbal and
physical aggression.
On the day of the events, the man