Kathryn Adams (formerly Wilson)
trained as a general and obstetric nurse at RotoruaHospital
in the early 1970s and taught in the hospital school of nursing from 1979 to
1985 when nursing education transferred to the tertiary education sector.Appointed associate head of nursing at
Waiariki Polytechnic in 1987 and then became senior nurse adviser at RotoruaHospital in 1991.In 1995, after completing her MA at MasseyUniversity
in Palmerston North, was appointed Education Officer with the Nursing Council
of New Zealand.In 1998 commenced her
PhD as a part-time student in the Nursing and Midwifery Department at Victoria
University of Wellington.PhD completed
in December 2002.
