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Dr Wanjiku Gatonga

Lecturer

Staff Member Details
Email: w.gatonga@ecu.edu.au

Dr Wanjiku Gatonga is a lecturer in the School of Nursing and Midwifery. She is also the First Year Coordinator within the school.

Current Teaching

  • NUM2409 Adult Health Care 2
  • NSC6102 Nursing Bioscience 2
  • NNI5101 Professional Issues in Clinical Nursing

Background

Wanjiku graduated as a Registered Nurse from the Nairobi Hospital School of Nursing, Kenya in 2007. After practising in previous clinical areas, she moved to Australia in 2010 and pursued a Bachelor of Science in Nursing (Conversion Program) at Curtin University. Wanjiku went on to complete a Master of Nursing (coursework) and a PhD at Edith Cowan University (ECU). Her clinical experience in Australia is in the surgical specialty (ENT/Urology/Maxillofacial/Plastics/Orthopaedics),Cardiology, Infection Prevention & Management, and Students’ Clinical Supervision. Wanjiku has also worked for ECU as a sessional academic for six years.

Professional Associations

  • Nursing and Midwifery Board of Australia
  • Australian Nursing Federation

Research Areas and Interests

  • Qualitative research
  • Narrative inquiry
  • Cardiology
  • Infection prevention and management
  • Contemporary nursing issues
  • Culture and health
  • Domestic violence
  • Refugees and migrants
  • International students

Qualifications

  • Doctor of Philosophy, Edith Cowan University, 2022.
  • Master of Nursing, Edith Cowan University, 2016.
  • Bachelor of Science (Nursing), Curtin University of Technology, 2011.
  • Diploma Kenya Registered Nurse, Kenya, 2007.

Research Projects

  • The use of syringe drivers in End-of-Life Care in Hospital: A Multi-Methods Study, Hollywood Private Hospital Research Foundation, Grant, 2024 ‑ 2026, $29,990.

Research Student Supervision

Associate Supervisor

  • Master of Nursing (Research), The prevelance of distress and the associated risk factors in newly diagnosed breast cancer patients in Western Australia
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