Wintec postgraduate Master of Nursing student, Clinical Nurse Specialist and Waikato District Health Board’s Nurse of the Year 2016. Ellyn completed Wintec’s Bachelor of Nursing 20 years ago, is back at Wintec completing her Master of Nursing, and is now Waikato District Health Board’s Nurse of the Year 2016.

Ellyn is one of seven key workers throughout New Zealand supporting adolescents and young adults – 12-24 year olds with a cancer diagnosis, aka as her ‘Bosses’. Being a young person ‘today’ can be hard, add in a life threatening illness such as cancer and one can find themselves on a very turbulent and twisting river; otherwise known ...

2019年4月1日 · Ellyn Proffit, was part of the first Tihei Mauri Ora Māori Nursing class at Wintec. She has nursed for 23 years at Waikato DHB, is currently a clinical nurse specialist supporting adolescents and young adults with cancer, and she's part of the governance group for the Adolescent and Young Adult Cancer Network.

2024年9月26日 · Ellyn Proffit. Originally from the East Coast- Gisborne, Ellyn now resides in Waikato and works as a clinical nurse specialist supporting 12 – 24-year-olds with cancer in the Midland region.

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2025年1月22日 · Waikato Clinical Nurse Specialist Adolescent and Young Adult Cancer, Ellyn Proffit has spent nearly two decades supporting young people through cancer diagnoses and says that having a whānau member or friend acting as a key support person can help improve outcomes throughout the treatment journey.

Māori nursing programme in Aotearoa—Ellyn has dedicated her career to improving health outcomes for tamariki and rangatahi. She currently works across Te Manawataki: Waikato, Bay of Plenty, Lakes, and Tairāwhiti as one of seven Key Workers in the Adolescent and Young Adult Cancer Service, providing holistic care for 12–24-year-olds since ...

ELLYN PROFFIT, Clinical Nurse Specialist Adolescent & Young Adult Cancer Service. Topics included: • Introduction to the Te Awa (The River) metaphor • The value of using the metaphor in supporting rangatahi through cancer • How to use the turbulent river analogy to discuss coping, relationships, and emotional impact

Ellyn Proffit. Postgraduate Master of Nursing “I see it as an honour and a privilege to be a nurse." Read Ellyn's profile here »