She further specialised with a Community Health Nursing Science diploma from the Cape Technikon and a Paediatric Nursing Science diploma from the B.G. Alexander College of Nursing at Johannesburg Hospital. In 2001, she completed her MSc Nursing at the University of the Witwatersrand with a dissertation entitled, ‘Family-Centred Care in Paediatric and Neonatal Nursing: A Survey of Knowledge and Attitudes of Paediatric and Neonatal Qualified Nurses and Nurse Educators in Gauteng’. Lauren has published an article in Curationis, and her on-going topic of particular interest is strengthening nursing practice through effective teaching and learning strategies, especially related to health assessment training.