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Penridge, Joan Elizabeth (1937 - 1994)

 
Nurse, Nurse educator and Educational administrator
Born: 14 August 1937.  Died: 3 November 1994  Clayfield, Queensland, Australia.
After 16 years in practice roles in Queensland Joan Penridge entered the field of education in the mid 1970s when the profession was in a state of flux. At this time leaders in the profession were engaged in the debate about the preparation of nurses that was to culminate with the transfer of education for nurses from hospital based programs to the tertiary sector. The change was radical and sweeping. It involved the best efforts of educators in the field at the time to develop and deliver appropriate curricula that would prepare nurses to continue to deliver the nursing services on which the community relies. Joan Penridge won the respect and admiration of her colleagues in the various roles and activities which she undertook in preparation for the transfer and its implementation. Joan Penridge's career highlights listed below map her contribution in the field of nurse education; a contribution that won wider recognition with the award of Honorary Doctor of the University Degree, Queensland University of Technology in 1994.

Chronology
1958General Nursing Certificate completed at the Townsville General Hospital
1958 - 1990Member of the Royal Australian Nursing Federation (now Australian Nursing Federation)
1959Midwife Certificate completed at the Royal Women’s Hospital Brisbane
1959Registered Nurse at Townsville General Hospital
1960Registered Nurse in Maternal and Child Welfare in Cairns
1960Maternal and Child Welfare Certificate completed in Brisbane
1960 - 1962Registered Nurse at St Helen's Hospital Brisbane
1962 - 1964Registered Nurse at the Pathology Laboratory in Brisbane
1964Registered Midwife at the Royal Women’s Hospital, Brisbane
1964 - 1965Registered Midwife the Royal Hospital for Women, New South Wales
1965 - 1970Registered Nurse at the Pathology Laboratory in Southport
1970 - Intensive Care Certificate completed at the Royal Perth Hospital
1970Registered Nurse at the Royal Perth Hospital
1971 - 1973Registered Nurse at the Pathology Laboratory in Southport
1973 - 1974Nurse Educator at Southport Hospital
1975Diploma in Nursing Education completed at the College of Nursing Australia, Queensland branch
1976Acting Senior Nurse Educator at Southport Hospital
1976 - 1994Fellow of the College of Nursing, Australia
1977Lecturer at the College of Nursing Australia, Queensland branch
1977 - 1978Lecturer at the College of Nursing Australia, Queensland branch
1978Lecturer of the first post-registration nursing courses at Queensland Institute of Technology
1978 - 1979Chairman of the Queensland State Committee of the College of Nursing, Australia
1978 - 1981Lecturer in the Department of Nursing Studies at Queensland Institute of Technology
1978 - 1986Member of the National Education Committee of the Institute of Ambulance Officers (Australia)
1979Member of the Accreditation Committee Board of Nursing Studies
1981Chair of the Course Development Committee and Co-ordinator for first pre-registration diploma course in Queensland
1981 - 1994Senior Lecturer in the Department of Nursing Studies at Queensland Institute of Technology
1984Chair of the Course Development Committee for first post-registration degree in Queensland
1984 - 1985Member of the working party for transfer and implementation of nurse education from hospitals to Colleges of Advanced Education
1984 - 1986Chairman of the Queensland State Committee of the College of Nursing, Australia
1986Bachelor of Education (BEd) completed at the University of Queensland
1986 - 1990Councillor of the College of Nursing, Australia (from 1989 known as the Royal College of Nursing, Australia)
1986 - 1994Member of the Queensland Association of Academic Staff in Colleges of Advanced Education Union of Australian College Academics Queensland
1988 - 1989Acting Head of the School of Nursing at Queensland University of Technology
1989Chair of the Course Development Committee for first pre-registration degree course in Queensland
1989 - 1991Vice-Chairman of the Nurses’ Registration Board, Queensland
1989 - 1992Board of Census of the College of Nursing in Australia (from 1989 Royal College of Nursing, Australia)
1990Member of the Steering Committee for the Australian Nursing Council
1991 - 1993Chairman of the Nurses Registration Board of Queensland
1994Honorary Doctor of the University Degree received from Queensland University of Technology

 

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