Fresh challenges to nurses’ role: Pharmacist vaccinators, more meds on Section 29 list

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Fresh challenges to nurses’ role: Pharmacist vaccinators, more meds on Section 29 list

Yvonne Little

Tuesday 20 February 2024, 03:37 PM

Childhood vaccinations should remain within the GP/iwi provider settings [Image: CDC on Unsplash]

An expanding Section 29 medication list and the push for pharmacies to do childhood vaccinations further burden an already strained system, writes nurse practitioner Yvonne Little

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