Rate My Professor Belinda Gordge

Belinda Gordge serves as a Professional Practice Fellow at the Centre for Postgraduate Nursing Studies, Department of Nursing, University of Otago, Christchurch, a position she has held since February 2019. She is qualified as a Registered Nurse (RN), Diabetes Nurse Specialist (DNS), and holds a Postgraduate Diploma in Health Sciences (PGDip HealSci) from the University of Otago. Currently, she is pursuing a Master of Health Sciences, with her research centered on “Improved care of the inpatient with diabetes, by regular opportunistic diabetes education for nursing staff.”

Throughout her career, Gordge has amassed over twenty years of experience as a Clinical Nurse Specialist in diabetes, spanning acute, community, and primary care settings. Teaching has been integral to her practice, targeting both patients and fellow health professionals. A milestone in her professional journey came in 2014 when she became one of the first registered nurses in New Zealand to obtain prescribing rights in diabetes treatment. In 2016, she further expanded her expertise by qualifying as a Remote Area Nurse, delivering care to indigenous communities in remote regions of the Australian outback.

In her academic role, Gordge contributes significantly to nursing education as the convener of NURS445: Introduction to Clinical Nursing Practice. She also lectures on several postgraduate papers, including NURS429, NURS427: Long-term Conditions: Pathophysiology and Management, NURS426, and NURS413. Her teaching emphasizes practical skills and complex health states relevant to advanced nursing practice.

Gordge's scholarly output includes recent conference contributions. In 2024, she co-authored “Nursing perspectives on the use of a continuous glucose monitoring system in ICU and its transferability to a ward setting” (with P. Seaton and D. Healee), presented as P15 at the 47th New Zealand Society for the Study of Diabetes Annual Scientific Meeting. Similarly, in 2023, “The utilisation of continuous glucose monitoring in ICU and its transferability to the ward setting: A nursing perspective” (with D. Healee and P. Seaton) was featured as Poster 20 at the 46th NZSSD ASM. These works underscore her focus on innovative technologies in diabetes management within hospital environments.