Danielle Kennedy RN

Danielle Kennedy is an Aged Care Nurse Practitioner currently working in Murrumbidgee local health district. After qualifying as a registered nurse in 1996, Danielle spent 15 years working in various health care settings in the United Kingdom, predominantly in haemato-oncology, with a special focus in intravenous access. In 2009, she began placing PICCs and went on to develop a nurse-led ultrasound guided PICC insertion service as a part of her Master of Science (Cancer Nursing). On returning to Australia in 2014, she entered a Community Nurse Practitioner internship with a special focus on the older person and was endorsed in May 2017. Danielle is passionate about the role of Nurse Practitioners in supporting older adults in the regional and rural setting.