Uncovering the vast talent of nurses. Marilyn Gendek FACN

Mrs Marilyn Gendek MA MN DipTeachNsg DipFamHist RN FACN

Marilyn has been practising in the nursing profession for over 40 years. She completed her initial nursing course at Auckland Public Hospital in New Zealand and her career in the profession since then has been extensive and varied. She has practised as an oncology nursing specialist, having obtained a qualification at the Royal Marsden Hospital in London; as a nurse educator, teaching a range of programs from hospitals to Universities as well as being an inaugural academic with the transfer of nurse education in NSW in 1985; as a nursing regulator in Queensland, nationally and internationally including Chief Executive Officer of the former Australian Nursing Council.
Today, Marilyn is a non-clinical nurse who combines her nursing consultancy in continuing professional development with a passion for researching ephemera and stamps related to nursing, as well as nursing history and family history. She has presented on and published several articles in this area and exhibited in philatelic events nationally and internationally. Marilyn is a Fellow of the Australian College of Nursing and Chairperson of its History Community of Interest.