Recently appointed head of EIT's nursing school Jennifer Roberts continues to build on the strong leadership she has shown in the various roles she has filled during eight years at the institute.
However, Roberts' association with EIT goes back even further - to 1996, when she joined the first intake of Bachelor of Nursing students on campus.
After graduating, she worked in clinical roles in New Zealand and Australian hospitals. It was supervising undergraduate and graduate nurses while employed as associate clinical development nurse at Melbourne Private Hospital that she decided on a career in nurse education.
"I always enjoyed teaching and mentoring the students and new staff," she said.
Joining EIT as a senior lecturer in 2009, she was appointed assistant head of the nursing school in 2012. During that time she oversaw the implementation of the blended Bachelor of Nursing curriculum, the development of the school's professional practice series, the development and implementation of a dedicated education unit project with the Hawke's Bay District Health Board and the integration of simulated learning in the nursing curriculum.