Kerri Arcus
Position at Whitireia Community Polytechnic: Programme Leader, Postgraduate Nursing Studies
Formal Qualifications
- MA (Applied) Nursing, Victoria University of Wellington 2004
- Bachelor of Nursing, Whitireia Community Polytechnic 1999
- Registered Comprehensive Nurse, Wellington Polytechnic 1979
- Diploma of Adult Learning and Teaching, Whitireia Community Polytechnic 2008
Past Clinical Experience
Primary Health Care, District Nursing, Medical, Surgical
Research Interests
- Nursing History
- District Nursing
- Primary Health Care
- Community Nursing
- Cultural Safety
- Nursing Education
Thesis
Arcus, K. J. (2004). Often wearisome, sometimes saddening, but always interesting. A hundred years of district nursing in Wellington, 1903-2003. Unpublished master’s thesis, Victoria University of Wellington, New Zealand
Research Papers
Arcus, K. (2008). State examinations to gain nursing registration in Aotearoa New Zealand: the impact on nursing education. Whitireia Nursing Journal, 15, 16-20.
Arcus, K. (2007). Report: 13th Australasian Nurse Educators Conference: Exploring the Responsibilities of the Nurse Educator Role, Kai Tiaki Nursing New Zealand, 13(10), 34.
Arcus, K. & Wilson, D. (2006). Choosing Whitireia as a political act: Celebrating 20 years of Nurse education at Whitireia Community Polytechnic 1986-2006. Whitireia Nursing Journal, 13, 13-25.
Arcus, K., Fagaloa T., Mitaera J. Orsborn, G., Pool L., Rose, A., Timu-Parata C., & Wilson D. (2005). Pacific Peoples' experiences of living with chronic conditions. Unpublished research report for the National Health Committee, October 2005.
Orsborn, G. & Arcus. K. (2006). Bachelor of Nursing best practice health promotion curriculum project . Unpublished report. Porirua: Whitireia Nursing Research and Development Centre.
Arcus, K. (2005). Remembering Annie Holgate. Kai Tiaki Nursing New Zealand, 11(4), 23.
Conference presentations
Australasian Nurse Educators Conference (Wellington, New Zealand, 3-5 October 2007). Presentation of Paper: Using the Koru framework to engage nurses as educators.
Australian Nursing & Midwifery History Group Conference (Melbourne University, Australia, 26/27 August 2005). Presentation of Paper: Professional District Nursing in Colonial New Zealand: A Labour of Love.
NZNO 3rd Primary Health Care Nurses Conference (Auckland, 5/6 August 2005): Presentation of paper: Work in a Hospital First. Who Says So? Creating a Culture of Primary Health Care in Undergraduate Nursing Education.
NZNO National District Nurses Conference (Auckland, 23/24 July 2004. Presentation of paper: Often wearisome, sometimes saddening, but always interesting: The history of District Nursing in Wellington, New Zealand.