Dr. Bolanle Olajuyigbe

Dr. Bolanle Olajuyigbe received her training in general nursing and midwifery in Nigeria where she also obtained her Bachelor of Nursing degree from the University of Ibadan. She later earned her master’s degree in nursing education and her Doctor of Nursing Practice from Walden University. Her doctoral thesis is entitled “An Educational Program to Reduce Central Line Associated Bloodstream Infections.”

Dr. Olajuyigbe had worked as a registered nurse at the University Specialty Hospital (Baltimore, MD) for nine years and as a manager/educator at the Baltimore City Correctional Center for 10 years. Before becoming a Visiting Lecturer in 2022, she served at UDC as an Adjunct Lecturer (August 2019- May 2020).

Dr. Olajuyigbe is passionate about academics and imparting knowledge to her budding nurses whom she enjoys mentoring. In March 2022, she presented an abstract “An Educational Intervention to Reduce Central Line Associated Bloodstream Infection” at Medstar Washington Hospital Center’s 5^th Annual Nurses’ Conference.