Caroline Donley

Caroline qualified as a Registered General Nurse from Westminster Hospital London in 1987, gaining experience in oncology nursing and palliative care. Whilst undertaking her ENB931 course in ‘care of the dying patient and their relatives’ she developed her passion for holistic family-centred nursing in community settings.

In 1993 Caroline completed her BA in applied social science with registered health visitor qualification at Coventry University and subsequent applied her knowledge of health inequalities and the wider determinants of health to her health visiting career of 25 years. During her practice career, the support and development of student learners from varied health disciplines has been a central responsibility of Caroline’s work. She gained her Nursing and Midwifery Council ‘Teacher‘ qualification and her Post Graduate Teaching Certificate.

 Caroline developed and extended her teaching and learning experience as a part - time community clinical tutor for MBChB medical students at Warwick University from 2011 to 2019. Inspiring the next generation of nurses and doctors to consider community public health careers by understanding the complexities of decision-making in population- based healthcare.

Caroline completed her MA in Education at the University of Worcester in 2017 where she enjoyed her practice education role developing new and high quality learning environments for student nurses within community and primary health care settings including GP practices.

 In recognition of her commitment to high standards of patient care and continually improving practice, Caroline was awarded the Title of Queen’s Nurse by the Queen’s Nursing institute in 2018. Developing sustainable community nursing learning environments was at the core of her award.

 She has brought her contemporary community public health nursing and her teaching experience to the PGDip / BSc Specialist Community Public Health Nursing course at BCU to continue to infuse our students with a passion for family- centred public health nursing that she has herself enjoyed. The Leadership, innovation and change module serves as a catalyst for students to become the agents for change within their practice settings in public health to influence policies affecting the health of individuals, their families and the communities they live in.