Caglayan is a student-focused academic working within the College of Health and Biomedicine/Nursing.
She is an experienced surgical, community and rapid assessment nurse and is currently undertaking her PhD with the aim to improve patient/staff experience with falls prevention in a medical ward. She graduated as a Registered Nurse in 2003 and currently works as a community nurse to maintain currency in the nursing industry.
She commenced her career at VU as a clinical facilitator in 2015, followed by facilitating second and third-year nursing students, before obtaining a permanent position in the First Year College. Currently, she is facilitating second year nursing students in the Discipline College. She has also held roles such as:
- Injury prevention educator at the Northern Hospital: providing manual handing training, staff manual handling injury follow-up, audits and education for falls and pressure injury prevention.
- Quality coordinator: the three portfolios she was responsible were; falls prevention, pressure injury prevention and staff manual handling injuries/prevention.
- Educator for a private RTO: nurse educator
Her research interests include pressure injury, nurse’s documentation with pressure injuries, and falls prevention to improve patient safety and well-being.
Coordination
- Contemporary Nursing A
Teaching
- Professional Studies
- Anatomy and Physiology
- Foundations in Nursing 1 and 2
- Population in Health
- Professional Practice
- Acute Care 1
Publications
Refereed journal articles
- Yasan, C., Burton, T. & Tacey, M. (2020). Nurses’ documentation of falls prevention in a patient centred care plan in a medical ward. AJAN.37(2) doi:10.37464/2020.372.103
Refereed book chapters
- Snyder, S.J., Levett-Jones, T., Burton, P. & Harvey, N. (2020). Skills in Clinical Nursing. (2nd ed.). Pearson. Australia. Units 5 (Skin and Wound Care) and 11 (Cardiac Nursing Skills).
- Snyder, S.J., Levett-Jones, T., Burton, P. & Harvey, N. (2017). Skills in Clinical Nursing. (1st ed.). Pearson. Australia. Units 5 (Skin and Wound Care) and 8 (Perioperative Nursing Skills).
Conference presentations
- Australian and New Zealand Falls Prevention Conference. (2017). Nurses’ Documentation of Falls Prevention in Patient Centred Care Plans. Poster Presentation.
Professional memberships
- Australian Health Practitioner Regulation Agency (AHPRA)
- Australian Nursing and Midwifery Federation (ANMF).
Industry experience
- Registered Nurse Observation Unit: The Northern Hospital
- Injury Prevention Educator: The Northern Hospital
- Injury Prevention Coordinator: The Northern Hospital
- Registered Nurse Surgical Unit: The Northern Hospital
- Community Nursing.
Portfolios
Nursing, College of Health & Biomedicine
Areas of expertise
- Pressure injuries, staging and prevention
- Falls Prevention
- Manual handling techniques: No lift
- Surgical nursing: post-operative care

Contact details
Teaching responsibilities
Publications
Snyder, S.J., Levett-Jones, T., Burton, P. & Harvey, N. (2017). Skills in Clinical Nursing (1st ed.) Pearson. Australia. Units 5 (Skin and Wound Care) and 8 (Perioperative Nursing Skills).
Conference presentations
Australian and New Zealand Falls Prevention Conference (2017) Nurses’ Documentation of Falls Prevention in Patient Centred Care Plans. Poster Presentation.
Professional memberships
- Australian Health Practitioner Regulation Agency (AHPRA)
- Australian Nursing and Midwifery Federation (ANMF)
Industry experience
- Registered Nurse Observation Unit: The Northern Hospital
- Injury Prevention Educator: The Northern Hospital
- Injury Prevention Coordinator: The Northern Hospital
- Registered Nurse Surgical Unit: The Northern Hospital
- Community Nursing: Drake Mendox Agency