ABOUT KATE

WHAT MOTIVATES ME

Before I dive into sharing with you my qualifications, experience, and areas of expertise, I thought it important to tell you why I am here. What motivated me to provide New Zealand healthcare professionals supervision?

It's simple. Firstly, I want to break down barriers to professional supervision by offering my services to those who can benefit from my skills and knowledge regardless of where you are across the country. We have the technology thanks to virtual platforms!

Also, it would be fantastic to be able to help others to take the right steps towards achieving the careers they have dreamed of, while positively improving the overall experience patients have when exposed to the New Zealand healthcare industry. I've been at this for 35+ years - nursing and healthcare is my passion!

KATE'S EXPERIENCE

My career as a nurse has spanned New Zealand and internationally to London, and Sydney.

My New Zealand work has been primarily in rural areas including Gore, Tapanui, Roxburgh, Lawrence, Wanaka, Twizel, and Invercargill including:

Primary and acute care - rural & urban
Independent event medic
Emergency Department
Neonatal Intensive Care
General Medicine
General Surgery
Orthopaedic surgery
Cardiology/Cardiac Surgery
High dependency-vascular surgery
Rural prehospital emergency care (PRIME)

ROLES KATE'S OCCUPIED

Registered Nurse - 35 years

Nurse Practitioner - 7 years, since 2016

Academic Supervisor: University of Auckland, Nurse Practitioner mentorship.

Educator: Rural Health Interprofessional Programme.

Leadership Roles

Implementation of Nurse Practitioner roles in multiple places
Implementation of programmes within primary care eg: standing orders, Health Care Home
Ambassador- Global Rural Nursing Exchange Network
(GRNEN)
College of Primary Health Care Nurses -Executive Committee
Editor for the College of Primary Health Care Nurses journal
Executive Member Haoura Taiwhenua (RGPN)
National PRIME Review Committee
National PRIME Committee and Clinical Sub Committee
te Whatu Ora / WellSouth rural funding review-current
National PRIME Review -current

KATE'S QUALIFICATIONS

Professional Supervision Training-College of Nurses, 2023.
Nurse Practitioner qualified in 2016
Clinical Masters of Health Science
Post Graduate Diploma Health Sciences
PRIME Training (Primary Response in a Medical Emergency) St John
Certificate Neonatal Intensive Care
Post Graduate Clinical Emergency Care
Certificate General Dermatology
PROMPT Obstetric Emergency Obstetric Training
Diploma Comprehensive Nursing, 1988
Certificate Clinical Teaching
Early Management of Severe Trauma
Advanced Paediatric Life Support Course

AREAS OF INTEREST

General professional supervision to all health care professionals
Critical reflection
Targeted supervision/debrief after critical events
Career coaching for nurses who would like to become Nurse Practitioners
Help with motivation and career planning
Goal setting and growing professional confidence
Wellbeing
Professional development and mentorship
Building personal and professional resilience
Problem solving
Assistance with confidence
Recognising and tackling burnout

PERSONAL

I was born in Dunedin and have lived in West Otago for the past 26 years on a sheep, beef and arable farm with my family. A mum to Nick (22) and Gemma (20), a wife to Geoff, farm owner, and Nurse Practitioner. I am a lover of animals, the outdoors, photography, cooking and catching up with family and friends.

As my career evolved, I became increasingly aware of maintaining a life outside of nursing with interests that fill my personal bucket and relieve me from the stress of my work.

We all have stress, but how we learn to respond to it can make all the difference. Balance is fundamental to a successful health provider as much as it is crucial to our personal lives.

I believe that the professional supervision I received over the years, helped me to get to where I am today.