Kathleen Donahue

Assistant Dean of Nursing
St. Paul’s School of Nursing

Kathleen A. Donahue is the Assistant Dean of Nursing at St. Paul’s School of Nursing in Rego Park, Queens, NY. As a nurse for the last 40 years and a psychiatric nurse for 39 years; Kathleen has worked extensively with individuals with mental health issues. A strong proponent of relationship based care, she focuses on the belief that connecting with patients and putting yourself in their shoes makes the difference. Each and every interaction and moment has tremendous potential to support a person’s recovery.

Kathleen has worked in many aspects of Psychiatric Nursing and has experience in a variety of roles: Staff Nurse, Research Nurse, Home Care Nurse, Educator, Professor, Clinical Nurse Specialist, Patient Care Director, Director of Education, Director of Practice and Quality and Director of Nursing. She is also a trained Preventing and Managing Crisis Situations Instructor and an American Heart Basic Life Support Instructor.

Kathleen holds a BS in Nursing from the University of Rhode Island and a MA in Nursing from New York University, and Board Certification in Psychiatric Mental Health Nursing with the ANCC. She also is the current President -Elect for the NY APNA chapter; offering her expertise and giving back to the amazing Psychiatric Nursing community