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Louise Rummel

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AwardsMember of the New Zealand Order of Merit
Academic background
Alma materMassey University
Theses
Doctoral advisorJulie Boddy, Nancy L. Diekelmann, Rita Monsen, Liz Smythe
Other advisorsIrena Madjar, Norma Chick
Academic work
InstitutionsWellington Hospital, Manukau Institute of Technology

Louise Gladys Rummel MNZM is a New Zealand nurse and nursing educator. She has taught at Manukau Institute of Technology for forty years. Rummel was made an honorary member of the New Zealand Nurses Organisation in 2004. In 2024 she was appointed a Member of the New Zealand Order of Merit for services to nursing education.

Academic career

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Rummel trained as a nurse at Wellington Hospital, achieving registration in 1960.[1] Rummel worked in a number of clinical areas, including occupational health, where she established the first occupational health clinic for New Zealand Railway workers, from 1962 to 1967.[1][2] Rummel joined the School of Nursing at Manukau Institute of Technology in 1984, where she has been a clinical tutor at Middlemore Hospital, the deputy head of the department, and principal lecturer over forty years.[2][1][3][4] She also led the development of the nursing diploma programme into the Bachelor of Nursing degree.[2] Rummel completed a master's degree on nursing student experiences pre-registration in 1993, and a PhD titled Safeguarding the practices of nursing: the lived experience of being-as preceptor to undergraduate student nurses in acute care settings at Massey University in 2001.[5][6]

Rummel has worked in the field of nursing history, and led the writing of a history of the Department of Nursing and Health Studies, which was published in 2015.[2] Rummel led the most recent section of the Nursing Oral History Project, which finished in 2023.[2] She is on the review panel of the journal Kai Tiaki Nursing Research.[2]

Honours and awards

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In 2004 Rummel was made an honorary member of the New Zealand Nurses Organisation.[2] In the 2024 King's Birthday Honours Rummel was appointed a Member of the New Zealand Order of Merit for services to nursing education.[2]

Selected works

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  • Rummel, Louise; Delugar, Annette; Hansen, Jens J. (2015). What Jan began: preparing students for healthcare careers at Manukau Institute of Technology: the first 25 years. Auckland: Manukau Institute of Technology.
  • Louise Rummel (March 2006). "Looking back and looking forward". Nursing Praxis in New Zealand. 32 (1): 5–7. doi:10.36951/NGPXNZ.2016.001. ISSN 0112-7438. Wikidata Q130263277.

References

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  1. ^ a b c Peach, Jocelyn (13 September 2024). "Dr Louise Gladys Rummel". Nursing Contributions to Health. Retrieved 10 November 2024.
  2. ^ a b c d e f g h "King's Birthday Honours 2024 - Citations for Members of the New Zealand Order of Merit | Department of the Prime Minister and Cabinet (DPMC)". www.dpmc.govt.nz. 3 June 2024. Retrieved 9 November 2024.
  3. ^ "Key nursing clinician and MIT lecturer recognised in King's Birthday Honours List". Manukau Institute of Technology. 6 June 2024. Retrieved 9 November 2024.
  4. ^ Stodart, Kathy (14 June 2024). "Nurses and health advocates honoured in King's Birthday list – Kaitiaki Nursing New Zealand". kaitiaki.org.nz. Retrieved 9 November 2024.
  5. ^ Rummel, Louise (1993). The proving ground: the lived world of nursing students in their pre-registration clinical experience (Master's thesis). Massey Research Online, Massey University. hdl:10179/10994.
  6. ^ Rummel, Louise G. Safeguarding the practices of nursing : the lived experience of being-as preceptor to undergraduate student nurses in acute care settings (PhD thesis). Massey Research Online, Massey University. hdl:10179/2094.
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