The mother of two this year completed the Foundation for Nursing Certificate, and is now champing at the bit to get started on her Bachelor of Nursing degree in 2012. The 33-year-old says she has always been interested in nursing and providing...Read more
There are plenty of short course options this year. Below is a snapshot on what will be offered. Junior Chef Barista Sylvia Gee’s Asian Cuisine Cooking Classes – Thai Cuisine Sylvia Gee’s Asian Cuisine Cooking Classes – Advanced Asian...Read more
Working with teenage mothers and their babies, Hawke’s Bay Plunket clinical leader Nicky Skerman was concerned to know whether the Well Child/Tamariki Ora service was adequately meeting the needs of the parents and their youngsters. The Royal New...Read more
Well known for his research work as a sport scientist in biomechanics, Professor Bob Marshall has been appointed to EIT’s newly-created position of Research Director for the next two years.  Research Professor with EIT’s Faculty of Health...Read more
EIT TairÄwhiti lecturer Chris Ball is to be capped with his Master of Nursing (March 25) and he’s eagerly looking forward to being part of the traditional and formal event. Chris will work around his lecture schedule so he and wife June can...Read more
Chelsea Pearse is having a busy time after moving to Wairoa late last year. The 22-year-old and her partner, Waihua Valley Road farmer Luke Swann, welcomed baby Jack into the world on Boxing Day – some nine days ahead of due date. Earlier...Read more
EIT graduate Jenny Easton is always going to be a Hawke’s Bay girl at heart, but she’s loving her first nursing job in Timaru. Jenny grew up on family farms in OngaOnga and Otane and, after finishing school at Central Hawke’s Bay College...Read more
EIT’s cleaner, clearer and visually more striking website is up and running after a launch timed for the start of the academic year. Havelock North-based Mogul was selected from a hand-picked field of web developers considered to design the...Read more
Eastern Institute of Technology Head of Nursing Rachael Vernon is excited to have received a prestigious Fulbright New Zealand Senior Scholar Award to undertake research in the USA. The Fulbright programme’s highest award is open to...Read more
Hawke’s Bay’s Rachael Walker was thrilled to hear she’d become New Zealand’s first renal Nurse Practitioner. It’s a significant achievement in a region with a high prevalence of diabetes. The disorder leads to nearly...Read more