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.
