Nursing

Mental health nursing roles are wide and varied. Mental health nurses can be employed by district health voards (DHBs), primary health organisations (PHOs), non-government organisations (NGOs), at a general practitioner's (GPs) surgery and more...

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Find out more about the more common roles and work environments in mental health nursing. To get a sense of the real people working across a variety of nursing roles, read the featured career profiles below, and those of Christmas Seu, Elly Richards, Janette Symes, Valerie Williams, Daryle Deering and Patrick Au.

Featured career profiles

Meet Bernadette Forde-Paus

Bernadette Forde-Paus

Nurse Practitioner Mental Health (Prescribing)

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Meet Tony O'Brien

Tony O'Brien

Nursing lecturer and nurse specialist

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Meet Cathy Tod

Cathy Tod

Crisis nurse

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