Dr Patricia McClunie-Trust

Dr Patricia McClunie-Trust is a Principal Lecturer in the Master of Nursing, Master of Professional Practice and Master of Nursing Science programmes at Wintec. She is a professional supervisor interested in capability development for advanced nursing practice. For the past fifteen years, she has supervised postgraduate research students undertaking projects and dissertations in nursing, physiotherapy, midwifery, and social care. Patricia’s research focuses on professionalism and professional practice in nursing. She is a member of the GENNZAC international collaborative research team that aims to establish a core set of guiding principles related to graduate entry nursing education and workforce development. Her recent research explores how graduate-entry nursing students develop a professional sense of self as nurses. Her governance roles include membership in the HRC-approved Wintec Human Ethics Research Group and Editor-in-Chief for the Kaitiaki Nursing Research journal. She is also a lay member of the New Zealand Association of Counsellors' Ethics Committee.

• College of Nurses’ Travel Scholarship Award 2016
• College of Nurses Aotearoa Trailblazer Award recipient, 2007
• University of Waikato Honours and Masters’ Award recipient, 1994
  

• Doctor of Philosophy in Nursing, Victoria University of Wellington, 2010. Thesis title: Negotiating boundaries: The nurse family member caring for her own relative in palliative care. 
• Master of Arts in Nursing, Victoria University of Wellington, 2000.
• Postgraduate Certificate in Professional Supervision, University of Auckland, 2016.
• Graduate Certificate of Arts, Victoria University of Wellington, 2002.
• Bachelor of Social Science, University of Waikato, 1994.
• Advanced Diploma in Nursing, Waikato Polytechnic, 1991.
• Certificate in Tertiary Teaching, Auckland Institute of Technology, 1987.
• Certificate in Orthopaedic Nursing, Middlemore Hospital, 1984.
• Registered general and obstetric nurse, Waikato Hospital, 1976.

• Teaching and learning approaches for reasoning and judgement in practice
• Qualitative research methodologies
• Research methodologies for evidence synthesis
• Supervision of postgraduate researchs
• Coordination of national breast care nursing paper
• Curriculum development – postgraduate vocational programmes
• Professional supervision for practice development including professional boundaries 
• Research ethics 

Reference to publications -  ORCID profile. 
MacDiarmid, R., Turner, R., Winnington, R., McClunie-Trust, P., Donaldson, A., Shannon, K., Merrick, E., Jones, V., & Jarden, R. (2021).What motivates people to commence a graduate entry nursing programme: A mixed method scoping review. BMJ Nursing, 20, 47. https://doi.org/10.1186/s12912-021-00564-9 

McClunie-Trust, P., Macdiarmid, R., Jones, V., Marriott, P., Winnington, R., Shannon, K., Dewar, J. & Jarden, R. J. (2025). Graduate entry nursing students' development of professional nursing self: A longitudinal case study. Nurse Education Today, 151, 106722. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.nedt.2025.106722

Wesselink, R., McClunie-Trust, P., & Stewart, K. (2025). Transforming learning in nursing bioscience through blended learning and a flipped classroom approach: A prospective cohort study. Teaching and Learning in Nursing, 20(2), e414-e418. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.teln.2024.12.004

Jarden, R. J., Macdiarmid, R., McClunie-Trust, P., Jones, S., Dewar, J., Marriott, P., Shannon, K., Jones, V., Turner, R., Cout, S.  & Winnington, R. (2025). Measures of graduate entry nursing student program experiences: A scoping review. Teaching and Learning in Nursing, 1-7. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.teln.2025.05.001

Jarden, R., McClunie-Trust, P., Macdiarmid, R., Jones, V., Marriott, P., Shannon, K., Dewar, J., Clout, S., Macnaught, L., & Winnington, R. (2025). Motivations, expectations, and experiences of graduate-entry pre-registration Masters' students in the health professions: An umbrella review protocol. Prospero Registration: CRD420251021266.

Amankwaa, Liu, C., Coates Harris, J., Chinn, M., Brownie, S., & McClunie-Trust, P. (In review). Evolving Nursing roles in assisted dying services in New Zealand: A scoping review.  Submitted to International Journal of Nursing Studies. Manuscript Number: NS-D-25-01519

Kearney, C. & McClunie-Trust, P. (In review). Internationally qualified nurses’ experiences of practising in Aotearoa, New Zealand: A qualitative study. Submitted to Journal of Transcultural Nursing, Manuscript number: JTN-25-143.

McClunie-Trust, P., Jarden, R., Marriott, P., Winnington, R., Dewar, J., Shannon, K., Jones, V., Jones, S., Turner, R., Cochrane, L., & Macdiarmid, R. (2024). Graduate entry nursing students’ development of professional nursing self: A scoping review. International Journal of Nursing Studies, 151, 104670. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ijnurstu.2023.104670

Jones, V., McClunie-Trust, P., Macdiarmid, R., Turner, R., Shannon, K., Winnington, R., Brown, A., Dewar, J., & Jarden, R. (2024). Education pathways for graduate entry registered nurses to transition to advanced practice roles: A realist review. Nurse Education Today, 133, 106032, 0-0. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.nedt.2023.106032

Shannon, K., McClunie-Trust, P., Macdiarmid, R., Jarden, R., Dewar, J., Turner, R., Winnington, R., Mowatt, R., & Jones, V. (2024). Graduate Entry Nursing students' wellbeing and transformation in becoming RNs: A longitudinal case study. Collegian, 000000, 000000. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.colegn.2023.12.001

McChesney, R., & McClunie-Trust, P. (2024, May 8). Anticipatory prescribing. NZ Doctor, 31-36.

Wembri, E., Chin, M. & McClunie-Trust, P. (2024). A report on the Impact of immigration detention on the health and well-being of refugees and asylum seekers. Ethnographic Edge, 7(1), 21- 41. https://doi.org/10.24135/ee.v7i1.267   

Gilbertson, Sarah, and Patricia McClunie-Trust. (2024). Integrative review: Does behaviour therapy improve well-being in adults living with epilepsy? Kaitiaki Nursing Research 15(1), 21-45.

McClunie-Trust, P. (2024). Editorial: Ensuring our nursing research sees the light of day. Kaitiaki Nursing Research, 15(1), 5-6.

Winnington, R., Shannon, K., Turner, R., Jarden, R., McClunie-Trust, P., Jones, V., Merrick, E., Donaldson, A., & Macdiarmid, R. (2023). Learning experiences of first-year graduate entry nursing students in New Zealand and Australia: a qualitative case study. BMC Nursing, 22(74), 1-12. https://doi.org/10.1186/s12912-023-01233-9

Greenwood, J., & McClunie-Trust, P. (2023). The lived experience of adults with psoriasis: A meta-synthesis. Kaitiaki Nursing Research, 14(1), 25-40. ISSN: 1179-772X

McClunie-Trust, P. (2023). Editorial: Nursing research: Allowing good practices to travel. Kaitiaki Nursing Research, 14(1), 25-40. ISSN: 1179-772X

McClunie-Trust, P., Jones, V., Winnington, R., Shannon, K., Donaldson, A. E., Macdiarmid, R.,  Jarden, R., Turner, R., Merrick, E., & Andersen, P. (2022). Doing Case Study Research Collaboratively: The Benefits for Researchers.  International Journal of Qualitative Methods, 21, https://doi.org/10.1177/16094069221096296

MacDiarmid, R., Turner, R., Winnington, R., McClunie-Trust, P., Donaldson, A., Shannon, K., Merrick, E., Jones, V., & Jarden, R. (2021).What motivates people to commence a graduate entry nursing programme: A mixed method scoping review. BMJ Nursing, 20, 47. https://doi.org/10.1186/s12912-021-00564-9 

MacDiarmid, R., McClunie-Trust, P., Shannon, K., Winnington, R., Donaldson, A., Jarden, R., Lamdin-Hunter, R., Turner, R., Jones, V. (2021). What motivates people to start a graduate entry nursing programme: An interpretive multi-centred case study. SAGE Open Nursing, 7, 1-7. https://doi.org/10.1177%2F23779608211011310 

Jarden, R., Jones, V., McClunie-Trust, P., Shannon, K., Winnington, R., Merrick, E., Turner, R., Donaldson, A., Macdiarmid, R. (2021). Exploring the experiences and perceptions of students in a graduate entry nursing programme: A qualitative meta-synthesis. Nurse Education Today, 107. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.nedt.2021.105121  

Bullivant, K. Ngati Pikiao, McClunie-Trust, P., & Syminton, K. Te Ātiawa (2021). A meta ethnography of the cultural constructs of menopause in indigenous women and the context of Aotearoa/New Zealand. Health Care for Women International, https://doi.org/10.1080/07399332.2021.1923717  

McClunie-Trust, P. (2021). Reflecting on the impact and challenges of the Covid-19 pandemic for nurses and the profession. Kai Tiaki Nursing New Zealand, 27, 13-15. 

McClunie-Trust, P. (2020). Potential impacts of Covid-19 pandemic. Kai Tiaki Nursing New Zealand, 26(3), 18-19.

Field, J., McClunie-Trust, P., Kearney, C., & Jeffcoat, J. (2020). Language and communication: A vital component of health for people with refugee backgrounds. Kai Tiaki Nursing Research, 11(1), 42-49.

McClunie-Trust, P. (2020). Editorial: The transformative potential of Covid-19 for nursing research. Kai Tiaki Nursing Research, 11(1), 7-8.  

Wyllie-Schmidt, C., Tipa, Z., & McClunie-Trust, P. (2019). Factors affecting intention to immunise under-five-year-olds. Kai Tiaki Nursing Research, 10(1), 37-44.

McClunie-Trust, P. (2019). Kai Tiaki Nursing Research: Knowledge for New Zealand Nursing. Kai Tiaki Nursing New Zealand, 25(3), 20-22.

McClunie-Trust, P. (2019). Editorial: Guiding and fostering nursing research. Kai Tiaki Nursing Research, 10(1), 6-7.

Proverbs, A., & McClunie-Trust, P. (2018). Bachelor of Nursing students’ experience of dialogue with nurse lecturers. Kai Tiaki Nursing Research, 9(1), 29-36.

McClunie-Trust, P. (2018). How to peer review a research article. Kai Tiaki Nursing Research, 9(1), 42-43.

McClunie-Trust, P. (2018). Writing about the ‘how’ of research. Kai Tiaki Nursing New Zealand, 24(2), 34-35.

McClunie-Trust, P. (2018). Editorial: Contemporary issues for nursing in New Zealand. Kai Tiaki Nursing Research, 9(1), 5-6.

MacKenzie, M., & McClunie-Trust, P. (2018). Traffic jams and heart failure – using metaphors to learn pathophysiology. Nursing Review, 2, 29-30.