Category: Educator
Area: Nursing Education
Location: Curriculum Development – Consultant
E-mail: [email protected]
Ms Penny Bellad-Ellis is a retired nurse educator who has served as a leader of nursing education for more than 30 years. As the head of the then Frere Nursing College, she introduced many innovative approaches to nursing education, and was regarded as a transformational leader by many influential people and structures in the Eastern Cape. She has a track record of leadership in various nursing organizations.
For more than a decade, she served on the South African Nursing Association at both regional and national levels. She held several executive positions in the organization, and participated actively in the transformation of the nursing association. She served on the Transitional Nurses Committee at national and provincial level, and subsequently the national and provincial DENOSA boards. In 2010 she received honorary life membership from the Nursing Education Association (NEA) in appreciation for her leadership role in the development and growth of NEA.
Ms Penelope Bellad-Ellis is therefore recognised for her work on: Nursing Education.