Colleen Morley

Dr. Colleen Morley has held positions in acute care as director of case management at several acute care facilities and managed care entities in Illinois, overseeing utilization review, case management, and social services for more than 12 years and piloting quality improvement initiatives focused on readmission reduction and care coordination through better communication and population health management. Her current passion is in the area of improving health literacy. She is the recipient of the CMSA Foundation Practice Improvement Award (2020) and the ANA Illinois Practice Improvement Award (2020) for her work in this area. Dr. Morley also received the AAMCN Managed Care Nurse Leader of the Year award in 2010.

Dr. Morley has more than 20 years of nursing experience. Her clinical specialties include med-surg, oncology, and pediatric nursing. She received her ADN at South Suburban College in South Holland, Illinois; her BSN at Jacksonville University in Jacksonville, Florida; her MSN from Norwich University in Northfield, Vermont; and her DNP at Chamberlain College of Nursing.