Rachel Lamdin-Hunter
Senior Academic Staff Member
Centre for Health and Social Practice
Phone: | +64 7 834 8800 extension 8426 |
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Physical Address: | D Block, Level 2, City Campus, Tristram St, Hamilton 3240 |
Qualifications
- Doctor of Philosophy Candidate.
- Certificate in Adult and Tertiary Education, Wintec, 2011.
- Diploma in Childbirth Education, Aoraki Polytechnic, 2011.
- Master of Management Studies (Honours), University of Waikato, 2009.
- Certificate in Adult Teaching, Wintec, 2002.
- Postgraduate Certificate in Child and Family Health Nursing, Wintec, 2001.
- Bachelor of Nursing, Waikato Polytechnic, 1998.
- Registered nurse.
Industry Experience, Affiliations and Achievements
- 10 years in paediatric acute nursing.
- 2 years in community-based antenatal and early parenting education.
- 2 years in private prenatal and early parenting consultancy.
- 1 year in postnatal acute nursing.
- 4 years in nursing education, teaching in both tutoring and module teaching roles:
- Child and family health
- Lifespan development
- Cultural safety
- Communication
- Health promotion
- Clinical and workplace student experience
Areas of Expertise and Research
- Child, family and women’s health.
- Nursing education.
- Community health and development.
- Research on the health of families and mothering/parenting experiences of mothers in the Waikato.
Research Activity
- Participation in journal clubs.
- Participation in and presentations at regional, national and international professional and collegial conferences.
- Participation in research projects, particularly those that are funded following peer review and/or result in publications and presentations at conferences.
- Participation in community service projects.
- Developing curricula or evaluations for general competencies or other educational requirements of the Bachelor of Nursing and postgraduate nursing programmes.