David Foley

Dr. David Foley is a Lecturer at the Adelaide Nursing School within the Faculty of Health and Medical Sciences at the University of Adelaide. He holds a PhD (2011) focusing on care for people with intellectual disabilities in emergency departments and has 38 years of clinical and educational experience. His teaching emphasizes developing compassionate and competent nurses, addressing compassion fatigue and burnout. He coordinates courses such as Microbiology and Infection Control, Chronic Disease and Disability, and Health Assessment. He has authored textbooks including Health Assessment in Nursing and MKenna's Drug Handbook for Nursing & Midwifery, and contributed chapters on intellectual disability care, gerontology, and simulation-based learning.

• Registered nurse trained at Royal Children's Hospital, Melbourne.
• Former emergency department clinician and postgraduate emergency educator.
• Eligible to supervise Masters and PhD students in nursing education and clinical practice.

Research interests include improving emergency care for vulnerable populations, telehealth in rural settings, and fostering empathy in nursing education. He has coordinated courses on applied pharmacology, clinical nursing, and contexts of nursing practice.