Dr Candice Bowers is a lecturer of the Department of Nursing Science and has worked in academia for the past 12 years. She has completed her Doctoral thesis entitled: Strategies to navigate workplace adversity for professional nurses in intensive care units in the Eastern Cape. Her research interest is around “Nurses within the Workplace” with a focus on workplace adversity and strategies how to navigate it. In 2022 she was awarded the NRF BAAP Grant. She prefers quantitative research methodologies and research studies undertaken within ICU settings. Dr Candice Bowers is currently co-supervising one Doctoral student, supervising Master's students, and multiple undergraduate projects. She successfully supervised Honours and co-supervised Master's students to complete research projects. She has thus far undertaken reviews for three academic journals. Other research activities include the incorporation of evidence-based practice within clinical instruments.
Her teaching focus area has been facilitating the Critical Care Nursing Science programme at postgraduate level until phasing out. Currently, she teaches in the undergraduate programmes. She uses a case-study and problem-based teaching approach with the aim of facilitating critical thinking, reflection, and problem-solving skills She has been involved in the curriculum development for the Postgraduate Diploma in Critical Care Nursing (Adult).
Please see https://www.researchgate.net/profile/Candice-Bowers-2 and ORCHID: (https://orcid.org/0000-0002-3878-7393) for more information on her research.
Designation:
Senior Lecturer
Email:
candice.bowers@mandela.ac.za
Contact Number:
0415042963
Faculty:
Health Sciences
Department:
Nursing Science
Qualifications:
Doctor of Nursing / Magister Curationis (Critical Care Nursing) / Baccalaureus Curationis / Diploma in Nursing Education
Professional Memberships:
South African Nursing Council
Orcid ID:
https://orcid.org/0000-0002-3878-7393
NRF Rating:
N/A
Research Interests:
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Critical care nursing
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Nurses in the workplace
Current non-degree Research Projects:
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Current Final Year Undergraduate/Honours Research Projects:
Bachelor of Nursing (R 174) - two research groups
Research titles:
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Perceptions of professional nurses regarding their subjective workplace well-being in trauma units within public hospital in Nelson Mandela Bay
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Factors contributing to burnout among nurses working in ICU
Number of currently supervised Masters and PhD candidates (2023 to 2024):
Masters: 2
Research Output 2023 to 2024:
N/A
Current Research Collaborations within your Department or Discipline:
N/A
Current Inter-Disciplinary/Multi-Disciplinary/Trans-Disciplinary Research Collaborations:
N/A