Mrs Stephanie Foster Black

I am a registered nurse, nurse educator and Professional Lead for Nursing in Northern Ireland at The Open University, with a professional background spanning clinical practice, nurse education and academic leadership. My clinical experience is primarily in general medicine and surgery, particularly liver and gastrointestinal (GI) care, alongside academic experience teaching biomedical sciences within undergraduate nursing education.

My areas of professional interest and expertise include pre-registration nurse education and regulatory requirements, learning and assessment in clinical practice, quality assurance, and partnership working across health and social care.

My current research brings these areas together through a Professional Doctorate focused on student nurse wellbeing during undergraduate nurse education. I am particularly interested in the experience of becoming a nurse and how this process may influence student wellbeing.