Email: | w.gatonga@ecu.edu.au |
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Dr Wanjiku Gatonga is a lecturer in the School of Nursing and Midwifery. She is also the First Year Coordinator within the school.
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.