Alexa Hantler

Senior Lecturer
Department of Nursing and Health Science
Eastern Institute of Technology
New Zealand

Academician Nutrition
Biography

Alexa teaches in the final semester of Year 3 of the Bachelor of Nursing Degree Programme.She originally graduated with a Diploma of Nursing and worked at Middlemore Hospital & Greenlane Hospital in Auckland as a Registered Nurse before becoming the Clinical Nurse Advisor for Orthopaedics at the HBDHB. She completed her Bachelor of Nursing at EIT and went on to complete her Master of Education through Massey University to support her move to EIT and the education sector.

Research Intrest

Alexa’s research interests currently include the renegotiation of identity following acquired brain injury, and exploring the blended online Bachelor of Nursing curriculum from the faculty perspective.

List of Publications
Bevin, M., Hantler, A., & Thompson, S. (2016, June 28). Developing our sense of self in a community-based rehabilitation setting. Presented to the Hawke’s Bay Brain Injury Interest Group, Stewart Centre, Hawke’s Bay, New Zealand.
Bevin, M., Hantler, A., & Thompson, S. (2016, May 2). Developing our sense of self in a community-based rehabilitation setting. Presented to the senior management team of the Stewart Centre @ EIT, Hawke’s Bay, New Zealand.
Bevin, M., Hantler, A., & Thompson, S. (2016, October 18). Community-based rehabilitation: Developing self-identity after acquired brain injury. Presented at the EIT School of Nursing Professional Practice Series, Eastern Institute of Technology, Hawke’s Bay, New Zealand
Hantler, A. Helping student nurses learn: all those involved in nursing education--lecturers and staff nurses in clinical settings--want students to learn. But as the student population becomes increasingly diverse, an educator asks if we are doing the best by our students.