Bernie Keenan

Senior Lecturer

School of Nursing and Midwifery
Email:
bernie.keenan@bcu.ac.uk
Phone:
0121 331 6167

Bernie Keenan is a Senior Lecturer at Birmingham City University where she has been the Programme Lead for the PG Cert Long Term Conditions, the Safeguarding Lead for nursing, and is a founding member of the Older People’s Practice Development Unit. Bernie’s extensive clinical background has included both neuro-medicine and neuro-surgery at the National Hospital for Neurological Diseases Queen Square London, Senior Nurse and Lecturer /Practitioner roles in general medicine at University Hospitals Birmingham NHS Trust.

Bernie has for several years been on the Executive of The West Midlands Institute of Ageing and Health, and has occupied the role of Chair of this group. Bernie has been a research peer reviewer for the Department of Health National Institute for Health Research: Research for patient benefit programme. She also represented Nursing and Public & Patient Involvement on the Birmingham & Black Country Comprehensive Local Research Network Executive.

Bernie has contributed to the development of the Virtual Case Creator for Older People and to the Virtuar: Safeguarding tool. Bernie’s most recent publication is a chapter in the April 2013 Edition of the Royal College of Nursing guide to Safeguarding Vulnerable Adults, and she is also currently completing a Doctorate in Applied Social Research: Dementia Studies at Stirling University.

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