Name: Jenny Phillips
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Name: Glenda Dagger 
Job title: WDHB District Nursing Educator
Employer: Waitemata DHB
Professional Qualifications: RGON Master of Health Practice in Nursing
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Bio: My current role as the District Nurse Educator for the Waitemata District Health Board, includes the development and delivery of in-house nursing education programs, education resources and policy/procedures that apply within the service and across the DHB. It involves collaboration with many specialty clinical and management areas such as palliative/hospice care, wound care, IV therapy, primary and secondary care delivery advancement and NET P programs.I spend time coaching individual nurses and manage the overall educational requirements of the District Nursing Service. This includes facilitation of workshops and speaking on relevant topics at study days and conferences throughout the DHB.
My previous roles have been in the clinical area of district nursing and as a representative and patient educator for the pharmaceutical industry, specializing in haematology, diabetes and endocrinology. My Master of Health Practice in Nursing focused on staff learning and development.
I have a passion for ongoing education, training and development, to facilitate the expansion of nursing’s knowledge and understanding around best patient care.
Name: Chris Gruys
Job title: Wound Clinical Nurse Specialist Taranaki
Employer: Taranaki DHB
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Bio: In my role as Wound Clinical Nurse Specialist (Wound CNS) I provide assistance, education, mentorship, coaching and advice with complex wound management within Taranaki District Health Board (TDHB). I have a team of Wound Resource Nurses who assist me at unit/ward level, plus I oversee our Wound Support Team (of relevant health professionals) to advise on highly complex cases.
I have delivered locally the post graduate specialty practice paper in wound care twice over recent years, with good cohorts of nurses and wound resource nurses undertaking the paper.
I endeavour to run a NZWCS wound study day (usually on a Saturday) in the year the post grad paper is not running.
