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Contact Details

Phone
+64 3 364 6705
Email
jo.borren@otago.ac.nz
Position
Lecturer
Department
Department of Nursing (Christchurch)
Qualifications
PhD in Health Sciences (Canterbury)
Research summary
Competence assessment, interprofessional education, work-integrated learning
Teaching
  • NURS503 - Complex Health States
  • NURS471 - Foundations of Infection Prevention and Control
  • NURS472 - Infection Prevention and Control in Practice
Clinical
Jo's clinical background is in the Neonatal Intensive Care Unit and General Practice. She works with nursing students in a variety of clinical placement settings ranging from aged care to primary practice and acute medical / surgical areas.

Research

Jo has been working in nursing tertiary education since 2017 and joined the Centre for Postgraduate Nursing Studies in March 2021. Her main areas of teaching, research and publication focus on the assessment of nursing student competence, interprofessional education and work-integrated learning.

Publications

Borren, J. (2026, March). Competence assessment in nursing education: Phase 2. Verbal presentation at the 3rd World Congress on Nursing Practice and Science, Singapore. Conference Contribution - Verbal presentation and other Conference outputs

Stewart, A., Berger, S., & Borren, J. (2025). Vascular access teams in hospital settings: Impact on clinical practice standards, patient outcomes and organisational efficacy. Proceedings of the Australian Vascular Access Society (AVAS) Scientific Meeting. Retrieved from https://eecw.eventsair.com/avas25/ Conference Contribution - Published proceedings: Abstract

Borren, J. (2025, June). Competence assessment practice in the Bachelor of Nursing programmes in Aotearoa New Zealand. Verbal presentation at the Department of Nursing / Te Tari Taphui Research Symposium, Christchurch Ōtautahi, New Zealand. Conference Contribution - Verbal presentation and other Conference outputs

Borren, J. (2025, July). Competence assessment practice in the Bachelor of Nursing programmes in Aotearoa New Zealand. Health New Zealand Te Whatu Ora Southern CN Office 2025 Education Webinar Series. [Webinar]. Other Research Output

Borren, J. (2024). Competence assessment practice in the Bachelor of Nursing programmes in Aotearoa New Zealand (PhD). University of Canterbury, Christchurch, New Zealand. doi: 10.26021/15739 Awarded Doctoral Degree

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