Professional Degrees:

Diploma: Registered Nurse: St. Francis Hospital, San Francisco

Bachelor of Science in Nursing: California State University, Sacramento

Master of Science in Nursing: University of California, San Francisco. Focus: Cardiac Critical Care Nursing

Doctor of Education: University of Southern California, Los Angeles. Focus: Educational Leadership

Professional Organization

International Alliance of Teacher Scholars Inc.

Interplast: Non-profit Organization Providing Free Reconstructive Surgery to Children around the World

California Faculty Association

American Association of Critical Care Nurses,

Sigma Theta Tau, Zeta Eta Chapter

Courses:

N123: Nursing Families in Complex Illness (Theory and Clinical)
N156: Selected Senior Practicum in Nursing
N211: Issues and Ethics in Nursing and Health Care
N213B: Seminar in Specialized Nursing Process: Adult Nursing
N293B: Selected Practicum in Specialized Nursing Processes: Adult Nursing
N294A: Practicum in Nursing Systems Administration
N294C: Practicum in Educational Program Development
N500: Culminating Experience; Thesis Advising

Publications

Article: A Review of Nurses’ and Consumers’ Understanding and Comfort with the Patient Self Determination Act. Journal of Nursing Administration. Lippincott Williams and Wilkins. October 2002

Instruction Module: Burn Injury Management: for Interplast a volunteer organization that sends physicians and nurses to developing countries to perform surgery. January 2002

 Instruction Module: Cleft Lip/Palate Management: for Interplast a volunteer organization that sends physicians and nurses to developing countries to perform surgery. January 2002

 Abstract in Conference Proceeding: Cardiovascular Disease: Number One Cause of Death among Women in the United States. Women’s Health 2000: New Models for Comprehensive Care, Sacramento, California

Article: Volunteer Nursing: Living life to the Fullest. Nursing 2000, The Journal of Clinical Excellence; Australasia; A supplement to Nursing 2000.

 Raingruber, B. & Bowles, K (2000) Developing student evaluation tools to measure instructor effectiveness. Nurse Educator

Bowles, Johnson, Rose, & Seivers (1984) Disposable verses Reusable Tracheostomy Tubes: Journal of Head and Neck Nurses

Presentations

Interplast Trip to Honduras: Rio Americano High School.  Sacramento, California.

Student Evaluation of Instructor Effectiveness: Four Setting Specific Tools. Lilly Conference on College & University Teaching West. Lake Arrowhead, California.

 Poster Presentation: Cardiovascular Disease: Number One Cause of Death Among Women in the United States.  Women’s Health 2000: New Models for Comprehensive Care, Sacramento, California.

Student Evaluation of Instructor Effectiveness: Four Setting Specific Tools. College of Engineering, Academic Council. California State University, Sacramento.

Student Evaluation of Instructor Effectiveness: Four Setting Specific Tools. Conference on Teaching and Learning. California State University, Sacramento.

Life-Changing Surgeries for the People of Laos: Life-Changing Experience for one Nurse: Renaissance Society: California State University, Sacramento.

Life-Changing Surgeries for the People of Laos; Life-Changing Experience for one Nurse: Division of Nursing, California State University, Sacramento.

Effects of Critical Thinking, Grade Point Average, and College Experience on the Clinical Judgment Skills of Baccalaureate Nursing Students: 10^Th International Nursing Research Congress: Nursing Research for a Changing World: Utrecht, Netherlands

Enhancing the Critical Thinking Skills of the Nurses at UCDMC, Presented to the Advanced Practice Nurses/Nurse Managers.

Clinical Application of Critical Thinking, N196, Division of Nursing, California State University, Sacramento

Critical Thinking, How Do We Get It to Happen? California State University, Sacramento, School of Health and Human Services.

Critical Thinking; Case Study Presentation.  California State University, Sacramento, School of Health and Human Services.

The Relationship of Critical Thinking and Clinical Judgment in Baccalaureate Nursing Students, N211, Division of Nursing, California State University, Sacramento, Sacramento, California.

Research Interests

Wound Care

Critical Thinking

Critical Thinking/Clinical Judgment with Nursing Students

Heart Disease/Nursing Care of the Cardiac Patient

Projects

Critical Thinking/Clinical Judgment of Nurses in the Work Place

Faculty: Kaplan Educational Testing Company

Legal Nurse Expert Consultant

Editor for Nursing Textbooks: Mosby Publishing Company, Del Mar Publishing Company

Honors and Recognitions

“Heroes in Healthcare” Community Service Award for 1999.The Coalition for Excellence in Healthcare. Sacramento, California

Guiding Light Award for Outstanding Performance by a Nursing Faculty, conferred by the Fall 1995 and Spring 1998 graduating class.  California State University, Sacramento, California.

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