Karen Hoare

Karen Jean Hoare (née Ball) is a New Zealand professor at Massey University, and is New Zealand's first active nurse practitioner to also be a professor. Her research focuses on models for care for children and young people.

Early life Hoare was born and raised near Coventry, England, and wanted to be a nurse from an early age.

Career

Hoare initially trained as a paediatric nurse at Great Ormond Street Hospital in London, graduating in 1978, and worked there in the paediatric oncology ward before training as a health visitor. She is New Zealand's first professor and active nurse practitioner.

Hoare's research covers investigating young people's views on the dissemination of information about sexually transmitted diseases, and whether treating infants with paracetamol or ibuprofen increases the incidence of childhood asthma.

Selected works