Dr Melanie Stephens
| Biography | Dr Melanie Stephens, BSc (Hons), MA, PGCAP, PhD, is an Associate Professor (Reader) in Adult Nursing in the School of Health and Society at the University of Salford. |
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| Research Interests | My research interests include interprofessional education (IPE), tissue viability, frugal innovation, virtual wound care clinics and pressure ulcer prevention and management. |
| PhD Supervision Availability | Yes |
| PhD Topics | Melanie supervises and examines doctoral candidates with an interest in critical realism as a philosophical approach, as well as other qualitative approaches. She has a track record of conducting research studies using Heron's co-operative enquiry, action research and a metasynthesis. Melanie has conducted, supervised and examined research on a range of nursing , health and social care topics which include interprofessional education and practice (IPE/IPP), tissue viability, frugal innovation, virtual and nurse led clinics, practice supervision, ICU nurse competencies, ACP nurse retention and recruitment and care homes. |