Jenny Carryer


Jennifer Barbara Carryer is a New Zealand nursing academic. She is currently a full professor of nursing at the Massey University and executive director of the New Zealand College of Nurses.

Academic career

Carryer completed a PhD at Massey University in 1997, before joining the staff and rising to full professor. Her thesis was titled 'A feminist appraisal of the experience of embodied largeness: a challenge for nursing'. Her research interests are nurse practitioners, chronic illness, obesity and gender.
In the 2000 Queen's Birthday Honours, Carryer was appointed a Member of the New Zealand Order of Merit, for services to nursing. In the 2020 New Year Honours, she was promoted to Companion of the New Zealand Order of Merit, for services to health, particularly nursing.

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