Dr Melanie Stephens
| Biography | Dr Melanie Stephens, BSc (Hons), MA, PGCAP, PhD, QN, is an Associate Professor (Reader) in Adult Nursing in the School of Health and Society at the University of Salford and NIHR Regional Research Delivery Network North West Settings Lead (RSSL) for Residential |
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| Research Interests | My research interests include social care nursing, interprofessional education and practice (IPE/P), tissue viability, frugal innovation, virtual wound care clinics and pressure ulcer prevention and management. |
| Teaching and Learning | In my role as associate professor I teach and supervise students undertaking post graduate studies at masters and doctoral level. I am a member of the Tissue Viability and Leg Ulcer Module and I also contribute to the undergraduate tissue viability and IPE activities. |
| 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 social care nursing, 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. |