Person
Penridge, Joan Elizabeth (1937 - 1994)
- Born
- 14 August 1937
- Died
- 3 November 1994
Clayfield, Queensland, Australia - Occupation
- Nurse, Nurse educator and Educational administrator
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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, 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, 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, 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, College of Nursing Australia, Queensland branch
- 1976
- Career position - Acting Senior Nurse Educator at Southport Hospital
- 1976 - 1994
- Career position - Fellow, 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, 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, Queensland State Committee of the College of Nursing, Australia
- 1986
- Education - Bachelor of Education (BEd), 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, Nurses Registration Board of Queensland
- 1994
- Award - Honorary Doctor of the University Degree, 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
Helen Hamilton and QUT School of Nursing for ANMHP
Created: 27 March 2003, Last modified: 29 March 2006
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