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Annual Practising<br />
Certificates<br />
In addition to registration, the Act<br />
requires every practising nurse to hold<br />
a current APC and to renew it annually.<br />
To obtain their APC, nurses must<br />
declare that they have maintained their<br />
competence and fitness to practise (see<br />
page 44). The Act permits the Council<br />
to decline APC applications if it is not<br />
satisfied that the nurses concerned are<br />
competent and fit to practise.<br />
The nursing workforce<br />
continues to grow. The total<br />
number of nurses practising<br />
as at 31 March 2017 was 55,289,<br />
an increase of 1,367 on the<br />
previous year.<br />
1,367<br />
more nurses<br />
practising<br />
in 2017<br />
55,289<br />
nurses in practice at<br />
31 March 2017<br />
The Nursing Council completed changes<br />
to the online APC application to require<br />
all nurses to complete their APC online.<br />
This was successful, with 99.25%<br />
compliance. Most of those who did not<br />
complete an online application were not<br />
maintaining their APC.<br />
The Registration<br />
Committee<br />
The Registration Committee has<br />
delegated authority for individual<br />
registration decisions. The Committee<br />
met nine times in the 2016-2017 year. It<br />
considered registration applications from<br />
New Zealand graduates and IQNs.<br />
Members of the<br />
Registration Committee<br />
Dr Jo Ann Walton<br />
Cath Byrne<br />
Tania Kemp<br />
Joanne Hopson<br />
Table 8: Number of nurses practising by scope of practice<br />
SCOPE NUMBER AT 31 MARCH 2017<br />
Nurse practitioner 242<br />
Registered nurse 52,399<br />
Enrolled nurse 2,648<br />
Total 55,289<br />
Table 9: Growth in nursing workforce<br />
AT 31 MARCH<br />
NUMBER OF NURSES<br />
PRACTISING<br />
GROWTH IN WORKFORCE<br />
2017 55,289 1,367<br />
2016 53,922 1,193<br />
2015 52,729 1,323<br />
2014 51,406 986<br />
2013 50,060 704<br />
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