Cynthia McDaniel is a registered nurse and the CEO of NurseLearn. She has been consulting in the field of elder care and assisted living for more than 30 years. Cynthia specializes in business operations and clinical consulting. She has also had a private practice as a geriatric care manager, been a regional director of clinical operations for a senior living company, and held the administrator/director position of professional service for a home health agency.

Cynthia has been involved in developing RN delegation, actively participating in regulation development since the inception of the practice. She was an assistant professor at Oregon Health & Science University School of Nursing, where she developed and led online population-based nursing courses and has authored and published over 100 online courses related to community-based care.

Cynthia holds a Master of Science in Nursing from Gonzaga University. She is a Fellow of the Sigma Theta Tau/John A. Hartford Foundation Geriatric Nursing Leadership Academy. She presents and trains on a variety of subjects, locally and nationally. Cynthia is the co-founder of the Gero Leadership Alliance and the Community Nurse Network.