Karen Gower RN

Karen Gower is a Registered Nurse who holds a graduate diploma in cancer nursing and a master of nursing science (Nurse Practitioner). Karen works in the community, providing palliative care for clients in their own homes. She has worked with Blue Care on the Northside of Brisbane for the last five years, mentoring and supporting nurses, clients, and their families at a very challenging time and allowing them a choice of place of death. In 2013, Karen was fortunate to be part of a project funded through the Department of Health and Ageing to see if having a Nurse Practitioner in the community would support clients and their families to have a choice. This project showed a significant improvement in service provision and the position was supported to continue across Metro-North. It has been a privilege to journey with these clients and their families.