Katy Martin Skurr

Compassionate and results-driven Senior Nurse with over 40 years of experience in surgical services, including ward management and specialist nursing roles. Adept at coordinating complex perioperative care, driving evidence-based practice, and mentoring multidisciplinary teams. Committed to improving patient outcomes through clinical excellence, innovation, and empathetic leadership.

• New Zealand Nurses Organisation (NZNO)
• Previously – Stomal Therapy College NZNO
• Previously - Clinical Nurse Specialist Network

• Registered Nurse – Nursing Council of New Zealand
• Intermediate CPR
• Hand hygiene auditor
• Negative Pressure Wound Therapy
• Stomal Therapy

• 2024 – Taranaki achieved the most improved and third best hospital in New Zealand in hip fracture care.
• Projects: ERAS Colorectal Surgery 2012, ERAS major urology surgery 2017, Hip fracture – improving patient outcomes 2024, Waiting for what? 2024
• Presenter (virtual) at the 2000 Tripartide Colorectal and Stomal Therapy conference: complex management of enterocutaneous fistula, oral rehydration solution to prevent readmission form dehydration for ileostomy patients
• Presenter at the Sydney Stomal Therapy conference: Case study - the use of Manuka honey in the treatment of Pyoderma Gangrenosum