Claire Pryor is a professor in adult social care nursing. Her career has encompassed working as a nursing assistant in care homes, a staff nurse in medical assessment and critical care, in the community as a junior sister in intermediate care, and as a nurse practitioner for older people in mental health settings. Following her move into education, she has been a lecturer, senior lecturer, assistant professor and now professor. Her focus is on social care nursing, frailty, and non-medical prescribing.