Candace Pierce Dnp, Rn, Cne, Coi Email & Phone Number

Hello! I am a nurse leader committed to ensuring new graduates are well prepared and offered abundant opportunities to enhance their skills acquisition and confidence at the bedside and to ensure seasoned nurses continue to have the resources they need to provide high-quality patient care. I have proven ability to deploy a vision, motivate, and drive positive transformations to procure quantifiable results through collaborative efforts within and outside of healthcare. I also have demonstrated expertise and scholarship in innovation and design thinking in healthcare and nursing education. Being analytical-minded, I have a passion for educational design and contemporary teaching and learning strategies to structure innovative systematic changes. As a leader, I strive to empower others to create and deploy ideas and embrace their professional roles as leaders, change agents, and problem solvers.Proven Scholarship: Pierce, C. (Presenter & Author), Nursing Education Research Conference, 2018, "Integration and Leveling of Nutritional Principles in Traditional ASN Nursing Curricula," Sigma Theta Tau International, Washington D.C., United States of America. (April 19, 2018).Pierce, C., (2019, May). Developing a resuscitation policy using Orlando’s deliberate nursing process. Poster session presented at the Ida Moffett School of Nursing and NurCE Samford University, Evidence-Based Approaches to Nursing Administration, Practice, and Education Issues, Birmingham, Alabama. May 2019.Pierce, C (Author) et al…..(2020), NLN/Boise State Simulation Conference,“Tackling Discharge Planning and Health Disparities with Team Building: A Simulation Experience,” National League for Nursing, Boise, ID, United States of America (May 16, 2020) Accepted for upcoming podium presentation.Pierce, C (Presenter & Author)., Hamilton, B., Lowry, C. (2021), Nursing Education Accreditation Conference, “Determining the Efficacy and Relevance of Design Thinking in Nursing Education,” Accreditation Commission for Education in Nursing, Atlanta, GA, United States of America (July 2021) Accepted for upcoming podium presentation.Pierce, C (Presenter & Author)., Hamilton, B., Lowry, C. (2020). NLN Education Summit, “Design thinking: An innovative strategy for interdisciplinary collaboration,” National League for Nursing, Orlando, FL, United States of America (September 25, 2020) Accepted for upcoming podium presentation.

Listed skills include Lecturing, Critical Care Nursing, Team Leadership, Teaching, and 3 others.