The Nadene Hansen Prize in Oncology Nursing (Rule 126)
Nadene Hansen was born on 3 February 1947 in Ballarat Victoria but brought up in Tasmania when the family moved here. Nadene trained as a librarian in the State Library and developed an interest in the conservation of documents which encouraged her to undertake a course at the UK’s Camberwell College of Arts in conservation.
Although she returned to Australia and worked as the Conservator at the State Library of Victoria, Nadene was drawn back to London in 1982 to set up her own conservation business. She later joined Harrods in 1989 as its archivist, a position she had to relinquish in 1998 due to declining health caused by the onset of multiple sclerosis.
In mid 2000 Nadene was diagnosed with inoperable bladder cancer and was transferred to St Christopher’s Hospice in South East London, founded by Dame Cicely Saunders, which pioneered palliative medicine and linked expert pain and symptom control.
Nadene’s family was highly impressed with the care provided not only for Nadene but also themselves and were humbled at the compassion exhibited by Hospice staff. As a consequence Nadene’s father and sisters have endowed this prize for the best overall Tasmanian student completing a course in oncology nursing.
Academic Senate has agreed to the foundation of an endowed prize. These are the rules:
1. An amount of $10,000 donated by the Hansen family to the University of Tasmania, together with any additional income from time to time forms the endowment of a prize to be called the “The Nadene Hansen Prize in Oncology Nursing ".
2. The prize will be awarded to a Tasmanian student who has successfully completed the Oncology Nursing specialisation in the Graduate Diploma of Nursing course with the highest grade point average, considering both curriculum based units and practicums.
3. The Prize will be awarded by a selection committee comprising:
- The Head of the School of Nursing and Midwifery or a nominee
- A member of academic staff responsible for the coordination of the Graduate Diploma of Nursing course.
4. The annual value of the prize will be $500 or any greater amount determined by the selection committee, having regard to the income from the endowment.
5. Should Oncology Nursing no longer be taught at the University of Tasmania, the selection committee, after consulting with the Hansen family, may recommend to the Academic Senate that the prize be offered to a student in another related discipline where learning about palliative care and nursing patients with terminal disease is undertaken.
Made by Academic Senate on 05 November 2010
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Chair of Academic Senate