Penridge, Joan Elizabeth (1937 - 1994)

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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

1958

Education - General Nursing Certificate completed at the Townsville General Hospital

1958 - 1990

Career position - Member of the Royal Australian Nursing Federation (now Australian Nursing Federation)

1959

Career position - Registered Nurse at Townsville General Hospital

1959

Education - Midwife Certificate completed at the Royal Women's Hospital Brisbane

1960

Career position - Registered Nurse in Maternal and Child Welfare in Cairns

1960

Education - Maternal and Child Welfare Certificate completed in Brisbane

1960 - 1962

Career position - Registered Nurse at St Helen's Hospital Brisbane

1962 - 1964

Career position - Registered Nurse at the Pathology Laboratory in Brisbane

1964

Career position - Registered Midwife at the Royal Women's Hospital, Brisbane

1964 - 1965

Career position - Registered Midwife the Royal Hospital for Women, New South Wales

1965 - 1970

Career position - Registered Nurse at the Pathology Laboratory in Southport

1970 -

Education - Intensive Care Certificate completed at the Royal Perth Hospital

1970

Career position - Registered Nurse at the Royal Perth Hospital

1971 - 1973

Career position - Registered Nurse at the Pathology Laboratory in Southport

1973 - 1974

Career position - Nurse Educator at Southport Hospital

1975

Education - Diploma in Nursing Education completed at the College of Nursing Australia, Queensland branch

1976

Career position - Acting Senior Nurse Educator at Southport Hospital

1976 - 1994

Career position - Fellow of the College of Nursing, Australia

1977

Career position - Lecturer at the College of Nursing Australia, Queensland branch

1977 - 1978

Career position - Lecturer at the College of Nursing Australia, Queensland branch

1978

Career position - Lecturer of the first post-registration nursing courses at Queensland Institute of Technology

1978 - 1979

Career position - Chairman of the Queensland State Committee of the College of Nursing, Australia

1978 - 1981

Career position - Lecturer in the Department of Nursing Studies at Queensland Institute of Technology

1978 - 1986

Career position - Member of the National Education Committee of the Institute of Ambulance Officers (Australia)

1979

Career position - Member of the Accreditation Committee Board of Nursing Studies

1981

Career position - Chair of the Course Development Committee and Co-ordinator for first pre-registration diploma course in Queensland

1981 - 1994

Career position - Senior Lecturer in the Department of Nursing Studies at Queensland Institute of Technology

1984

Career position - Chair of the Course Development Committee for first post-registration degree in Queensland

1984 - 1985

Career position - Member of the working party for transfer and implementation of nurse education from hospitals to Colleges of Advanced Education

1984 - 1986

Career position - Chairman of the Queensland State Committee of the College of Nursing, Australia

1986

Education - Bachelor of Education (BEd) completed at the University of Queensland

1986 - 1990

Career position - Councillor of the College of Nursing, Australia (from 1989 known as the Royal College of Nursing, Australia)

1986 - 1994

Career position - Member of the Queensland Association of Academic Staff in Colleges of Advanced Education Union of Australian College Academics Queensland

1988 - 1989

Career position - Acting Head of the School of Nursing at Queensland University of Technology

1989

Career position - Chair of the Course Development Committee for first pre-registration degree course in Queensland

1989 - 1991

Career position - Vice-Chairman of the Nurses' Registration Board, Queensland

1989 - 1992

Career position - Board of Census of the College of Nursing in Australia (from 1989 Royal College of Nursing, Australia)

1990

Career position - Member of the Steering Committee for the Australian Nursing Council

1991 - 1993

Career position - Chairman of the Nurses Registration Board of Queensland

1994

Award - Honorary Doctor of the University Degree received from Queensland University of Technology

Published resources

Encyclopedia of Australian Science and Innovation Exhibitions

• McCarthy, Gavan; Morgan, Helen; Smith, Ailie; van den Bosch, Alan, Where are the Women in Australian Science?, Exhibition of the Encyclopedia of Australian Science and Innovation, First published 2003 with lists updated regulary edn, Australian Science and Technology Heritage Centre, Melbourne, Victoria, 2003, https://eoas.info/exhibitions/wisa/wisa.html. Details

Resources

• 'Penridge, Joan Elizabeth (1937-1994)', Trove, National Library of Australia, 2009, https://nla.gov.au/nla.party-1474082. Details