Constructing Consensus: Developing an Advanced Nursing Practice Role (Report‪)‬

Introduction Following the release of the Ministerial Taskforce on Nursing in August 1998, the struggle within nursing over the power to control its future persisted. Two dominant and conflicting discourses at play were autonomy and unionism and their convergence with the political discourses of this period continued to produce considerable tension. Eventually, a consensus position was reached and the advanced nursing practice role of nurse practitioner was placed within the regulatory framework of the Nursing Council of New Zealand (henceforth Nursing Council).