Rate My Professor Henrietta Trip

Dr Henrietta Trip is a Senior Lecturer and Academic Lead for the Master of Health Sciences (MHealSc) Programme in the Department of Nursing – Te Tari Tapuhi, University of Otago, Christchurch. A Registered Nurse with qualifications including Diploma in Nursing Studies (DipNS, CPIT), Certificate in Adult Teaching (CertAdultTchg, CPIT), Bachelor of Nursing (BN, Massey University), Master of Health Sciences (MHealSc, Otago) with Distinction, and PhD (Otago), she possesses nearly 30 years of experience in the disability sector. Her career trajectory includes clinical nursing, education, research, and leadership in advancing health equity for vulnerable populations. Dr Trip teaches postgraduate courses such as NURS 423 Nursing Leadership & Management: Growing an Identity, NURS 424 Nursing Leadership & Management: Quality and Strategic Change, and NURS 433 Intellectual Disability: Theory into Practice. She supervises PhD and Master's students on topics including learning disability, self-management of long-term conditions, healthcare accessibility, person-centred care, ageing with impairment, and community integration for individuals and their family/whānau.

Dr Trip's research interests centre on long-term conditions across the lifespan, particularly health and ageing for people with intellectual and developmental disabilities, self-management approaches, social models of accessibility in health and disability services, and nursing education and workforce development in disability and family nursing. Key publications include 'The adverse impact of disability funding cuts on individuals with intellectual disability' (Porter et al., 2025, New Zealand Medical Journal), 'My plan for a good life, right to the end: An accessible approach to advance care planning' (McKenzie et al., 2024, Journal of Intellectual & Developmental Disability), 'Pre- and post-registration education: Preparing nurses to address health and well-being inequities globally' (Trip et al., 2024, Journal of Intellectual Disability Research), 'COVID-19: Evolving challenges and opportunities for intellectual and developmental disability nursing' (Trip, 2022), 'Aging With Intellectual Disabilities in Families: Navigating Ever-Changing Seas - A Theoretical Model' (Trip et al., 2019), and 'The role of key workers in supporting people with intellectual disability to access health care: A qualitative study' (Trip et al., 2015). She serves as Chair of the National Disability Nurses Branch at Te Ao Māramatanga – New Zealand College of Mental Health Nurses, Co-Chair of the Canterbury Disability Providers Network, Director on the Australasian Society for Intellectual Disability (ASID) Board, and committee member for the Health SIRG at IASSIDD, alongside being an Honorary Research Associate at Victoria University of Wellington.