| 1958 | General Nursing Certificate completed at the Townsville General Hospital |
| 1958 - 1990 | Member of the Royal Australian Nursing Federation (now Australian Nursing Federation) |
| 1959 | Midwife Certificate completed at the Royal Women’s Hospital Brisbane |
| 1959 | Registered Nurse at Townsville General Hospital |
| 1960 | Registered Nurse in Maternal and Child Welfare in Cairns |
| 1960 | Maternal and Child Welfare Certificate completed in Brisbane |
| 1960 - 1962 | Registered Nurse at St Helen's Hospital Brisbane |
| 1962 - 1964 | Registered Nurse at the Pathology Laboratory in Brisbane |
| 1964 | Registered Midwife at the Royal Women’s Hospital, Brisbane |
| 1964 - 1965 | Registered Midwife the Royal Hospital for Women, New South Wales |
| 1965 - 1970 | Registered Nurse at the Pathology Laboratory in Southport |
| 1970 - | Intensive Care Certificate completed at the Royal Perth Hospital |
| 1970 | Registered Nurse at the Royal Perth Hospital |
| 1971 - 1973 | Registered Nurse at the Pathology Laboratory in Southport |
| 1973 - 1974 | Nurse Educator at Southport Hospital |
| 1975 | Diploma in Nursing Education completed at the College of Nursing Australia, Queensland branch |
| 1976 | Acting Senior Nurse Educator at Southport Hospital |
| 1976 - 1994 | Fellow of the College of Nursing, Australia |
| 1977 | Lecturer at the College of Nursing Australia, Queensland branch |
| 1977 - 1978 | Lecturer at the College of Nursing Australia, Queensland branch |
| 1978 | Lecturer of the first post-registration nursing courses at Queensland Institute of Technology |
| 1978 - 1979 | Chairman of the Queensland State Committee of the College of Nursing, Australia |
| 1978 - 1981 | Lecturer in the Department of Nursing Studies at Queensland Institute of Technology |
| 1978 - 1986 | Member of the National Education Committee of the Institute of Ambulance Officers (Australia) |
| 1979 | Member of the Accreditation Committee Board of Nursing Studies |
| 1981 | Chair of the Course Development Committee and Co-ordinator for first pre-registration diploma course in Queensland |
| 1981 - 1994 | Senior Lecturer in the Department of Nursing Studies at Queensland Institute of Technology |
| 1984 | Chair of the Course Development Committee for first post-registration degree in Queensland |
| 1984 - 1985 | Member of the working party for transfer and implementation of nurse education from hospitals to Colleges of Advanced Education |
| 1984 - 1986 | Chairman of the Queensland State Committee of the College of Nursing, Australia |
| 1986 | Bachelor of Education (BEd) completed at the University of Queensland |
| 1986 - 1990 | Councillor of the College of Nursing, Australia (from 1989 known as the Royal College of Nursing, Australia) |
| 1986 - 1994 | Member of the Queensland Association of Academic Staff in Colleges of Advanced Education Union of Australian College Academics Queensland |
| 1988 - 1989 | Acting Head of the School of Nursing at Queensland University of Technology |
| 1989 | Chair of the Course Development Committee for first pre-registration degree course in Queensland |
| 1989 - 1991 | Vice-Chairman of the Nurses’ Registration Board, Queensland |
| 1989 - 1992 | Board of Census of the College of Nursing in Australia (from 1989 Royal College of Nursing, Australia) |
| 1990 | Member of the Steering Committee for the Australian Nursing Council |
| 1991 - 1993 | Chairman of the Nurses Registration Board of Queensland |
| 1994 | Honorary Doctor of the University Degree received from Queensland University of Technology |
