March 18: New Zealand Professor, Nurse to Discuss Traumatic Care Experiences in Minnesota State Mankato's Tenorio Research Lectureship

Tuesday, March 18, 2025
3:00 PM - 4:30 PM
Ostrander Auditorium

Mankato, Minn. – Professor Sandra Richardson (Ph.D.), who has more than 30 years of experience as an emergency nurse in New Zealand, will share stories of working through traumatic events and recognizing the crises resulting from changing resources and staffing shortages in healthcare on Tuesday, March 18 at Minnesota State University, Mankato.

Richardson’s lecture, free and open to the public, is from 3-4:30 p.m. March 18 in Minnesota State Mankato’s Ostrander Auditorium, located in Centennial Student Union. Free parking will be available in the visitors pay lot (lot 4) across from the CSU.

Richardson’s presentation is about the ability to respond to constantly changing situations in global healthcare and is intended “to share the highlights of a range of real-life examples, from research and clinical practice, where the opportunity to share ‘learnings’ has the capacity to make a difference,” according to an event preview.

Richardson is a senior lecturer in the Centre for Postgraduate Nursing Studies at Otago University in Christchurch, New Zealand.

Richardson’s presentation is part of the University’s Tenorio Research Series, named for Narciso (Norge) and Luth Tenorio, who both taught for more than 30 years at Minnesota State Mankato. Norge Tenorio served as the chair of Minnesota State Mankato’s Department of Business Law before retiring. Luth Tenorio retired in 2000 as the dean of the College of Nursing at Seattle University.

For more information about Richardson and her presentation, visit the Tenorio research lecture web page, or contact Lynn Kuechle, coordinator at the Glen Taylor Nursing Institute for Family and Society, by phone at 507-389-1165 or by email at lynn.kuechle@mnsu.edu.

Richardson’s lecture is sponsored by a collaboration between Minnesota State Mankato’s School of Nursing and Glen Taylor Nursing Institute for Family and Society, which are part of the University’s College of Allied Health and Nursing.

Minnesota State Mankato, a comprehensive university with 15,251 students, is part of the Minnesota State system, which includes 26 colleges and seven universities.