Barbara Kegl graduated and received her master's degree from the University of Ljubljana. She worked as a registered nurse at the Health center Dr. Adolfa Drolca Maribor. Since 2005, she has been employed as a higher education teacher at the Faculty of Health Sciences, University of Maribor. Her research topics include primary health care, community nursing, pediatric nursing, management of chronic diseases and healthcare-associated infections, and ergonomics.