Julie A . Manz, PhD, RN

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Nursing Leadership
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Julie A . Manz, PhD, RN

Professor

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Julie A. Manz, PhD, RN, CNE, is a Professor and Associate Dean for the Undergraduate Program at Creighton University’s College of Nursing. Her research focuses on competency-based assessment in nursing education, particularly through the Creighton Competency Evaluation Instrument© (C-CEI) and the CCEI 2.0. She holds a PhD in Nursing from South Dakota State University, and an MS and BSN from Creighton University. Dr. Manz practices as a virtual care nurse at CommonSpirit Health. Her dissertation explored nurses’ care for inmate-patients. Recent projects include validating the CCEI 2.0 and interprofessional competency assessments. She has published extensively in Clinical Simulation in Nursing and Journal of Interprofessional Care. Notable awards include the 2025 AJCU JNNP Exemplary Nursing Faculty Award and the 2021 Arnold P. Gold Foundation Champion of Humanistic Care. Dr. Manz’s work advances nursing education by enhancing competency evaluation, fostering interprofessional collaboration, and improving patient care standards.

Curriculum Vitae

Research Focus

Competency Assessment in Nursing Education, Interprofessional Competency Assessment, Virtual Care Nursing

Department

Nursing - Bachelors

Position

Professor

Publications

  • Clinical simulation in nursing
    Manz Julie A., etal Validity and reliability testing of the Creighton Competency Evaluation Instrument 2.0© (CCEI 2.0)
    103, p. 101736 - 2025
  • Clinical simulation in nursing
    Todd Martha J., etal Conceptual Framework and Content Validity for the Creighton Competency Evaluation Instrument 2.0© (C-CEI 2.0©)
    85, p. 101467 - 2023
  • Health, Interprofessional Practice and Education
    Jessen Jennifer, etal Exploring the Development of an Interprofessional Situational Judgment Test
    5 2023
  • Clinical Simulation in Nursing
    Manz Julie A., etal Assessing Competency
    66, p. 66 - 75 2022
  • Nursing Education Perspectives
    Manz Julie A., etal Assessing Student Performance in a Dedicated Education Unit
    43:3, p. 184 - 186 2022
  • International Journal of Nursing Education Scholarship
    Flott Elizabeth, etal Supporting the transition to practice
    19:1 2022
  • AORN journal
    Manz Julie, etal Addressing the Perioperative Nursing Shortage Via a Perioperative Nursing Preceptorship for Baccalaureate Nursing Students
    113:1, p. 52 - 63 2021
  • Nurse Educator
    Rusch Lorraine, etal Nurse Preceptor Perceptions of Nursing Student Progress Toward Readiness for Practice
    44:1, p. 34 - 37 2019
  • Nurse Education in Practice
    Rusch Lorraine M., etal Impact of the dedicated education unit teaching model on the perceived competencies and professional attributes of nursing students
    33, p. 90 - 93 2018
  • Journal of Interprofessional Care
    Iverson Lindsay, etal The development of an instrument to evaluate interprofessional student team competency, p. 1 - 8 2018
  • Nurse Educator
    Rusch Lorraine, etal Defining Roles and Expectations for Faculty, Nurses, and Students in a Dedicated Education Unit
    43:1, p. 14 - 17 2018
  • Clinical simulation in nursing
    Manz Julie, etal Improving Consistency of Assessment of Student Performance during Simulated Experiences
    9:7, p. E229 - E233 2013
  • Clinical Simulation in Nursing
    Parsons Mary E., etal Improvement in Scoring Consistency for the Creighton Simulation Evaluation Instrument©
    8:6, p. e233 - e238 2012
  • Journal of Nursing Education
    Adamson Katie, Anne, etal Reliability and Internal Consistency Findings from the C-SEI
    50:10, p. 583 - 586 2011
  • Journal of Nursing Education
    Hawkins Kim, etal A unique simulation teaching method
    47:11, p. 524 - 527 2008
  • International Journal of Nursing Education Scholarship
    Todd Martha, etal The development of a quantitative evaluation tool for simulations in nursing education
    5, p. 1 - 17 2008

Presentations

  • CCEI 2.0: Upgraded for the Future of Nursing Education 2025
  • Enhancing Competency-Based Nursing Education: Leveraging the C-CEI 2.0 for Effective Student Evaluation. [Pre-conference workshop]. 2025
  • 36th Annual Iota Tau Nursing Scholars Day 2025: Innovation and Technology-Driven Healthcare 2025
  • Updated and Upgraded! The Creighton Competency Evaluation Instrument 2.0 (CCEI 2.0) 2024
  • Updated and upgraded! The Creighton Competency Evaluation Instrument 2.0 (C-CEI 2.0) 2024
  • Assessing and evaluating competency in nursing education: The Creighton Competency Evaluation Instrument 2024
  • Standardizing Assessment in Competency-Based Education: The Creighton Competency Evaluation Instrument 2.0 2024
  • Impact of the Creighton Competency Instruments 2022
  • Competency assessment: Balancing rigor with adaptability 2022
  • Competency-based assessment using the CCEI and CSEI 2022
  • Assessing student performance in a dedicated education unit: Validity and reliability of the Creighton Competency Evaluation Instrument (C-CEI) 2019
  • Utilizing the Creighton Competency Evaluation Instrument (C-CEI) as a Real-time Method of Online Peer-Evaluation in the Simulation Setting (poster 16) -0001
  • Supporting Transition to Practice: Preceptor Behaviors that Foster a Positive Preceptorship Experience (poster 21) -0001
  • Assessing Student Performance in a Dedicated Education Unit: Validity and Reliability of the Creighton Competency Evaluation Instrument (C-CEI) (poster 6) -0001

Awards

  • Macy Faculty Scholars
    Exemplary Nursing Faculty Award
  • Excellence in ELNEC
  • DAISY Award Faculty Nominee
    Creighton University College of Nursing
  • March of Dimes Heroes in Action Award
    March of Dimes
  • Champion of Humanistic Care
    Arnold P. Gold Foundation
  • Advocacy Award
    Nebraska Immunization Task Force
  • 2021 Positive Image in Nursing Award
    Nebraska Nurses Association
  • Distinguished Educator in Teaching as Scholarship Award
    Creighton University
  • 40 Under 40 Nursing Leader Awardee, Nebraska Action Coalition.
  • Teaching Excellence Award for Classroom Instruction
    Creighton University College of Nursing ABSN Students Class of Dec 2013
  • Dean's Award for Faculty Excellence
    Creighton University College of Nursing Dean
  • Teaching Excellence Award
    Creighton University School of Nursing ABSN Students August 2012
  • 2011 Positive Image of Nursing Award, Nebraska Nurses Association.
    2011 Positive Image of Nursing Award, Nebraska Nurses Association.
  • Teaching Excellence Award
    Creighton University School of Nursing ANC Class of 2010
    Creighton University School of Nursing ANC Class of December 2010
  • Teaching Excellence Award
    Creighton University School of Nursing ANC Class of December 2009
  • Teaching Excellence Award
    Creighton University School of Nursing ANC Class of August 2009
  • Teaching Excellence Award
    Creighton University School of Nursing Class of May 2007
  • Teaching Excellence Award
    Creighton University School of Nursing ANC Class of August 2006
  • Outstanding Omaha ANC Faculty Award
    Creighton University School of Nursing Class of August 2004

Consulting

  • HCA Healthcare Corporation
    Consultant on Competency Assessment
    • Consulted with HCA Healthcare Corporate leadership to use the C-CEI for Nurse Residency Programs and Annual Nurse Competencies throughout their enterprise o HCA Healthcare is comprised of 185 hospitals and 2000+sites of care in 20 states and the United Kingdom (4/20/2021)
    HCA Healthcare Corporation
    2021 - 2021