Jean Ross is a Welsh–New Zealand registered nurse, author and academic, and is a full professor at the
Otago Polytechnic
Otago Polytechnic is a public Education in New Zealand#Tertiary education, New Zealand tertiary education institute, centred in Dunedin with additional campuses in Cromwell, New Zealand, Cromwell and Auckland. Otago Polytechnic provides career-f ...
, specialising in rural nursing, nurse education and rural health. She has worked in rural nursing for more than thirty years, and in 2008 she won the
Peter Snow
Peter John Snow (born 20 April 1938) is a British radio and television presenter and historian. Between 1969 and 2005, he was an analyst of general election results, first on ITV and later for the BBC. He presented ''Newsnight'' from its lau ...
Memorial Award for her contribution to rural health care.
Academic career
Ross is originally from Wales, and trained as a nurse. She moved to New Zealand in 1991.
Ross earned a master's degree at
Victoria University of Wellington
Victoria University of Wellington (), also known by its shorter names "VUW" or "Vic", is a public university, public research university in Wellington, New Zealand. It was established in 1897 by Act of New Zealand Parliament, Parliament, and w ...
in 2001. Ross completed a
PhD
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titled '' 'Place' Matters to Rural Nurses: A Study Located in the Rural Otago Region of New Zealand'' at the
University of Otago
The University of Otago () is a public university, public research university, research collegiate university based in Dunedin, Otago, New Zealand. Founded in 1869, Otago is New Zealand's oldest university and one of the oldest universities in ...
in 2017.
Ross has worked in rural nursing for more than thirty years.
From 1994 until 2003, Ross was co-director of the National Centre for Rural Health, through which she developed a postgraduate diploma in primary rural healthcare, and led research projects.
Ross is on the faculty of the Otago Polytechnic, rising to associate professor in 2018 and full professor in 2022.
The theme of her inaugural professorial lecture was communities of place and of interest, and how she had contributed to them, and their impact on her work.
Ross is the editor-in-chief of
Te Pukenga School of Nursing Online Journal.
Ross has published three edited books. In 2008, ''Rural Nursing: Aspects of Practice'' was the first New Zealand rural text book.
''Stories of Nursing in Rural Aotearoa – A Landscape of Care'' with Josie Crawley was published in 2019, and ''Rural Landscapes of Community Health: The Community Health Assessment Sustainable Education (CHASE) Model in Action'' in 2023.
In 2008 the Rural General Practice Network awarded Ross the Peter Snow Memorial Award, "in recognition of her national contribution to rural health care".
Selected works
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References
External links
Jean Ross talking about her second book, Stories of Nursing in Rural Aotearoa April 2019, via YouTube
* Jean Ross inaugural professorial lecture,
Collaborating with Communities: Communities Collaborating a Global-Local Impact'. 2022, via YouTube
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New Zealand academics
New Zealand women academics
New Zealand nurses
University of Otago alumni
Victoria University of Wellington alumni
Academic staff of Otago Polytechnic
Welsh emigrants to New Zealand
New Zealand women writers
Year of birth missing (living people)
Living people