Keryln has extensive clinical experience and is committed to research and education within the domains of wound and ostomy care. Keryln Chairs the Pan Pacific Pressure Injury Alliance and she is the Evidence Chair on the International Wound Infection Institute. Keryln was appointed a Fellow of Wounds Australia in 2006, and Life Membership of the Australian Association of Stomal Therapy Nurses in 2015.

She was awarded Life Membership of Silver Chain Nursing Association (award number 35 since inception in 1906), and the inaugural award for Life Time Achievement in Nursing in WA in 2010. She has over 100 publications and has delivered many key note presentations.

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