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Stephanie Adele Manning is an Assistant Professor in Children's Nursing within the School of Health Sciences, SoHS, at the ÀÖ²¥´«Ã½, UoN, specialising in Neonatal Intensive Care. With over 15 years of clinical experience in Neonatal Nursing and more than five years of experience in Nurse Education, she is passionate about developing the next generation of children's nurses and supporting practitioners to enhance their clinical knowledge, skills, and leadership capabilities. Stephanie is Module Convenor for NURS2018 Leadership, a Year 2 BSc Nursing (all fields) module, and Module Convenor for HLTH4006 Portfolio, delivered as part of the Post-graduate Nursing Apprenticeship Programme. She is also Module Convenor for the Year 3 BSc Neonatal Care optional module and serves as Co-Module Lead for the Enhanced Clinical Practice (ECP) Apprenticeship Programme, Neonatal and Paediatric Pathway/Paediatric Critical Care Society, PCCS, Qualified in Speciality, QIS course. She is particularly interested in transformational leadership, workforce development, and creating supportive learning environments that inspire professional growth. Stephanie is also currently undertaking a Professional Doctorate in Education (EdD) at the UoN, which she commenced in October 2024.
Stephanie graduated from the ÀÖ²¥´«Ã½ in 2009 with a BSc (Hons) in Children's Nursing. Following qualification, she began her clinical career as a Band 5 Staff Nurse on the Level 2 Neonatal Unit at King's Mill Hospital, Sutton-in-Ashfield, where she cared for both premature and term infants requiring specialist neonatal support.
In 2010, she moved to the Level 3 Neonatal Intensive Care Unit, NICU, at ÀÖ²¥´«Ã½ City Hospital, providing critical and high dependency care to some of the most vulnerable infants, including extremely premature babies born from 23 weeks' gestation through to term neonates with complex healthcare needs. Alongside her clinical role, Stephanie commenced postgraduate study at the ÀÖ²¥´«Ã½ in 2011, undertaking specialist neonatal modules as part of an MSc Health and Social Care pathway.
Her commitment to education, clinical excellence, and service improvement led to her promotion in 2014 to Clinical Development Nurse. In this role, she provided leadership within the neonatal intensive care environment, supporting workforce development through clinical education, competency assessment, mentorship, and practice improvement initiatives. She worked closely with her multidisciplinary colleagues and student nurses to foster learning, support professional development, and implement evidence-based changes to practice.
In 2015, Stephanie completed her Master of Science (MSc) in Health and Social Care, specialising in the Critical and High Dependency Care of Neonates, Infants and Young Children.
Prior to her current role as Assistant Professor in Children's Nursing, Stephanie spent four years as a Teaching Associate within the SoHS, first transitioning into academia in 2020, where she contributed to teaching, assessment, module leadership, and curriculum development across both BSc and MSc Children's Nursing programmes. Drawing upon her extensive neonatal intensive care background, she is committed to creating engaging and supportive learning experiences that enable students to thrive academically and professionally. Stephanie continues to be passionate about developing future children's nurses and advancing neonatal and paediatric nursing practice through education, leadership, and scholarship.
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Professional Doctorate in Education, EdD student, October 2024 cohort, UoN.