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Karen Chang, PhD, RN
CURRICULUM VITAE
CONTACT INFORMATION:
Purdue University, School of Nursing502 North University St.
West Lafayette, IN47907-2069
(765) 496-3086 (O); (765) 494-6339 (Fax)
EDUCATION:
B.S.N., 1973 / NationalTaiwanUniversity, Taipei, TaiwanM.S.N., 1979 / The University of Texas at Austin
Major in Medical-Surgical Nursing and Teaching
PhD, 2001 / University of Illinois at Chicago
Research area: Patient-perception of nursing care quality in the hospital setting
Fellowship, 2006 -2007 / Medical Informatics, Roudebush Veterans Administration Medical Center, Center of Excellence on Implementing Evidence-Based Practice, Indianapolis, IN
LICENSURE AND CERTIFICATIONS:
1986-present / Indiana Registered Nurse, #28095876A1/2004 / Cardiopulmonary Resuscitation Certificate
1986 / Critical Care Registered Nurse, American Association of Critical-Care Nurses
1984,1987 / Advanced Cardiac Life Support Certificate
1979-1986 / Florida Registered Nurse
1977-1979 / Texas Registered Nurse
1973-1976 / Taiwan Registered Nurse
PROFESSIONAL APPOINTMENTS:
8/09 – present / Associate Professor, Purdue University School of Nursing1/06 – 10/07 / Medical Informatics Fellow, Center on Implementing Evidence-Based Practice, Roudebush VA Medical Center at Indianapolis, IN
8/03 – present / Director of Information Technology, PurdueUniversity, School of Nursing
8/02 – 5/09 / Assistant Professor, Purdue University School of Nursing
1/02 – 5/02 / Visiting Assistant Professor, Purdue University School of Nursing
8/00 – 12/00, 8/99 – 12/99,
1/99 – 5/99 / Teaching Assistant, University of Illinois at Chicago College of Nursing
1/00 – 8/00
10/95 – 4/98
6/96 – 8/96 / Research Assistant, University of Illinois at Chicago, College of Nursing
1/98 – 5/98 / Visiting Assistant Professor, PurdueUniversity, School of Nursing
8/94 – 10/95 / Editor Assistant to the editor of IMAGE (Journal of Nursing Scholarship – the journal of Sigma Theta Tau Internationals Honor Society)
8/88 – 5/93 / Assistant Professor, PurdueUniversity, School of Nursing
6/86 – 7/88 / Cardiac Rehabilitation nurse, Phase I, St.ElizabethHospital, Lafayette, IN.
8/86 – 4/87 / Staff nurse, Urgent Care Department, PurdueStudentHospital, W. Lafayette, IN
1/84 – 2/86 / Staff nurse, Surgical Intensive Care Unit, Alachua GeneralHospital, Gainesville, FL
8/80 – 5/83 / Nursing Instructor, AustinCommunity College, Austin, TX
2/80 – 7/80 / Staff Nurse, Medical-Surgical floor with telemetry, SetonMedicalCenter, Austin, TX
10/79 – 2/80 / Charge nurse, Cardiovascular floor, SetonMedicalCenter, Austin, TX
9/77 – 2/79 / Staff nurse, Cardiac Care Unit, BrackenridgeHospital, Austin, TX
7/73 – 6/76 / Relief head nurse, Cardiopulmonary and Renal floor, NationalTaiwanUniversityHospital, Taipei, Taiwan
Grants funded:
12/22/2008 / Co-PI. PI: Jane Kirkpatrick. Other Co-PI: Pam Aaltonen. “2008 Instructional Innovation Program” Purdue University Provost’s Office. Funded in February, 2009. $69,600.11/24/08 / Requested a request to Instructional Support Committee to obtain funds from University to improve students’ clinical competencies in the Center for Nursing Education and Simulation. $15,980.
10/07 – 3/08 / Co-PI. PI.: James Walsh; other Co-PIs: Linda Williams, Sona Sharma, Theresa Damush, Jason Saleem, Dave Marrero, Jason Sutherland, etc. “Optimizing Glycemic Control of Hospitalized Stroke Patients”. VA Rapid Response Research project. $67,626.
9/07 – 12/07 / Co-PI. PI: Sona Sharma; other Co-PIs: Brad Doebbeling, Heather Woodward, David Marrero, Imtiaz Munshi, and James Walsh. A Nurse/Nurse Practitioner-Driven Protocol to Optimize Glycemic Control for Postoperative Patients in a Surgical Intensive Care Unit. $20,129
5/07 – 4/08 / PI. Co-PI: Karen Yehle, Patty Gunning. “Bridging the Gap Between Theory and Practice – Nursing Care of Heart Failure Patients”. Purdue TLT Digital Content Development Grants. $15,000.
8/06 – 1/07 / PI. Co-PI: Sona Sharma, Mathew Bair, & James Walsh. “The Impact of a Subcutaneous Insulin Decision Support System for Inpatient Glycemic Control.” Center of Excellence Pilot Grant, RoudebushVAMedicalCenter. $25,429.
6/04 – 8/04 / PI. “The efficiency and effectiveness of an integrated information technology system on clinical nursing education.” Purdue Research Foundation Summer Faculty Grant. $7000.
6/03 – 6/04 / PI., Co-PI: Steven Dunlop, Laura Sands, Karen Yehle, Suzanne Rudman, Patty Gunning, & Mel Braswell. "A Multimedia Integrated Learning Tool for Clinical Nursing Education". ITaP/Instructional Computing Services. $16,675.
7/03 – 6/04 / Co-PI with James Anderson, Kyle Lutes, Laura Sands, Julie Novak. “Development and Evaluation of a Diabetic e-Management System”. School of Technology Interdisciplinary Innovation Initiative. $30,000.
11/03 –6/04 / Co-PI. Principal investigator (PI), Kyle Lutes. “The Application of Pocket PCs and Tablet PCs in the iCare Project for Patient Care and Nursing Education”. Microsoft Inc. $100,000.
12/02 –5/03 / PI. Co-PI, Kyle Lutes. "The iCare Project for Nursing Education and Patient Care". PurdueUniversity, e-EnterpriseCenter. $30,000.
8/02 –7/05 / “The iCare Project for Nursing Education and Patient Care”, start-up fund, PurdueUniversity. $25,000.
5/02 / Internal request, proposal to School of Nursing for a personal digital assistant to support clinical teaching. $5,315.
6/00 –7/01 / PI. “Patient-perceived nursing care quality in the hospital setting”, dissertation award (RO3), Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality. $31,612.
1/98 / PI. “An Instrument to Measure Patients’ Perceived Nursing Care Quality in the Hospital Setting”, Sigma Theta Tau International Honor Society of Nursing, Alpha Lambda Chapter, $505.
2/98 / PI. “The Content Validity of Patients’ Perceived Nursing Care Quality in the Hospital Setting”, Sigma Theta Tau International Honor Society of Nursing, Delta Omicron Chapter, $250.
PUBLICATIONS:
- Rosswurm, M., Chang, K., Sands, L. The sustaining effect of anurse practitioner-based diabetes care management program. submitted to Journal of Advanced Nursing.
- Chang, K., Lutes, K., Braswell, M., Nielsen, J. (2008). Using Pocket PCs for nurses’ shift reports and patient care. In Joseph Tan (Ed.). Healthcare information systems and informatics: Research and practices. Hershey, PA: IGI Global.
- Xu, Y. & Chang, K. (2008). Chinese Americans. In J. Giger and R. Davidhizar (Eds.), Transcultural nursing, assessment and intervention(5thed.). St. Louis, MO: Mosby Elsevier.
- Chang, K., Davis, R., Birt, J., Castelluccio, P., Woodbridge. P. & Marrero, D. (2007). Nurse practitioner-based diabetes care management: Impact of telehealth or telephone intervention on glycemic control. Disease Management & Health Outcomes, 15 (6), 377-386.
- Lutes, K. & Chang, K. (2007, June-July). Cross-platform development for PDAs and Tablet PCs. Smartphone & Pocket PC, 65 - .
- Chang, K. (2007). Planning, Intervening, and Evaluation. In H. Harkreader, M.A. Hogan, & M. Thobaben (Eds.),Fundamentals of Nursing: Caring and Clinical Judgment (3rd ed.), St. Louis, MO: Saunders Elsevier.
- Lutes K., Chang K., Baggili I.M. Diabetic e-Management System (DEMS). Proceedings of the Third International Conference on Information Technology: New Generations (ITNG ’06) April 2006, pp. 619-624.
- Chang, K., Lutes, K., Braswell, M., & Nielsen, J. (2006). Nurses' Perception of Using a Pocket PC for Shift Reports and Patient Care, International Journal of Health Information Systems and Informatics,1 (1), 52-63.
- Smith, Jr., E.V. , Conrad, J.M. , Chang, K. & Piazza, J. (2002). An introduction to Rasch measurement for scale development and person assessment. Journal of Nursing Measurement, 10(3), 189-206.
- Prado, C.A.Chang, K. (2000). The Cultural Context of Practice. H. Harkreader (Ed.) Fundamentals of Nursing: Caring and Clinical Judgment, W.B. Saunders Co.
- Chang, K. (1997). Dimensions and indicators of patients’ perceived nursing care quality in the hospital setting. Journal of Nursing Care Quality, 11(6), 26-37.
Presentations (poster/Podium):
10/2/09Podium, “Benefits and Barriers in Implementing an Online Heart Failure Module for Undergraduate Nursing Students,” Mayo Clinic in Rochester, MN.
9/25/09Podium, “Successful Teaching Strategies for Building Core Competencies in a Nursing Informatics Course,” National League for Nursing Education Summit 2009 at Philadephia, PA.
6/18/09Podium, “Nurse Practitioners in the US and A Nurse Practitioner-Based Diabetes Care Mangement Program,” National Taiwan University, School of Nursing, Taipei, Taiwan.
6/19/09Podium, “Successful Teaching Strategies for Building Core Competencies in a Nursing Informatics Course” and “Simulation Partnered to Enhance Safe and Effective Medicaiton,” Oriental Institute of Technology, Department of Nursing, Taipei , Taiwan.
6/20/09Podium, “Successful Teaching Strategies for Building Core Competencies in a Nursing Informatics Course” and “Simulation Partnered to Enhance Safe and Effective Medicaiton,” Chung-Hwa University of Medical Technology, Nursing Department, Tainan, Taiwan.
6/22/09Podium, “A Nurse Practitioner-Based Diabetes Care Management Program Using Telephone and Telehealth to Provide Care to Patients at Home,” National Taiwan University Hospital, Taipei, Taiwan.
6/24/09Podium, “Successful Teaching Strategies for Building Core Competencies in a Nursing Informatics Course” and “Simulation Partnered to Enhance Safe and Effective Medicaiton,” Jilin University School of Nursing, ChangChun, Jilin, China.
6/10-13/09Poster, “Using Pocket PC and Simulation to Prepare Students for Safe and Effective Medication Administration,” 8th Annual International Nursing Simulation/Learning Resource Centers Conference, St. Louis, Missouri.
4/21/09Podium, “Pocket PC and Simulation Partnered to Enhance Nursing Education,”the Teaching and Learning with Technology Annual Conference at West Lafayette, IN
3/29/09Podium, “Pocket PC and Simulation Partner to Enhance Safe and Effective Medication Administration,” Midwest Nursing Research Society, Minneapolis, MN.
12/5/08 / Podium, “The Effect on Learning Outcomes of a Nursing Informatics Course for Freshman Nursing Students,” American Association of Colleges of Nursing 2008 Baccalaureate Education Conference, San Antonio, TX.9/7/07 / Podium, “The Practical Aspect of Nursing Research”, Annual Retreat, Adult Nurse Practitioners at Roudebush VAMC, Indianapolis, IN
6/26/07 / Poster, “The Impact of a Subcutaneous Insulin Decision Support System for Inpatient Glycemic Control”, National Library of Medicine Training 2007 Conference at Standford University, CA.
2/22/07 / Poster, “A Computerized Patient Record System (CPRS)-based Decision Support System for Subcutaneous Insulin Administration in the Inpatient Setting.” HSR&D 2007 National Meeting, Arlington, VA.
9/15/06 / Podium, “The Efficacy of Nurse Practitioners in Managing Veterans with Diabetes at Home with Telephone or Telehealth Interventions”, the 16thNational Nursing Research Conference, Dallas, TX.
6/28/06 / Podium, “Managing Veterans with Diabetes at Home using Telehealth or Telephone Intervention”, National Library of Medicine Training 2006 Conference at VanderbuiltUniversity, Nashville, TN.
4/11/06 / Poster, “The iCare Worksheet in the Pocket PC”, Improving Healthcare Accessibility Through Point-of-Care Technologies Conference, Arlington, VA
11/14/05 / Podium “Nurses’ Perceptions of iCare Worksheet and References in the Pocket PC”, Sigma Theta Tau International 38th Biennial Convention, Indianapolis, IN
4/15/04 / Podium “The Integration of Pocket PC in Nursing Clinical Education”, Teaching and Learning Technology Conference, PurdueUniversity
1/23/03 / Poster, “The iCare Project in Patient Care and Nursing Education”, the 1stannual e-Enterpirse Center, Purdue University, W. Lafayette, IN.
11/6/02 / Podium “Patients’ Perspectives of Positive and Negative Nursing Care”, Sigma Theta Tau Omicron Annual Research Day, Lafayette, IN.
3/2/02 / Poster, “Patient Perception of Nursing Care Quality in the Hospital Setting: Instrument Development”, Midwest Nursing Research Society Research Conference, Chicago, IL.
10/20/01 / Podium“Patient Perception of Nursing Care Quality in the Hospital Setting: Instrument Development”, International Conference of Objective Measurement, Chicago, IL.
10/20/01 / Podium“Physical Efficacy for Exercise: Comparing Traditional and Rasch Analyses.” Co-presenters: Karen Conrad, Everett Smith, & Jo Piazza, International Conference of Objective Measurement, Chicago, IL.
12/23/92 / Podium "Cardiac Rehabilitation Nursing", National Chung-Kung University, Taiwan
12/23/92 / Podium "The Application of Computer Technology in A Nursing Program and the Efficiency and Effectiveness of An Interactive Videodisc Program", National Chung-Kung University, Taiwan
CURRENT PROFESSIONAL ASSOCIATIONS:
2009 – present / Indiana Rural Health Association2008 – present / CARING/The Alliance for Nursing Informatics
2005 – present / AcademyHealth
2005 – present / American Medical Informatics Association (AMIA)
2001 – present / Midwest Nursing Research Society (MNRS)
1989 – present / Sigma Theta Tau International (STTI), Delta Omicron Chapter
RESEARCH/SCHOLARLY ACTIVITIES:
2009 / Chair-elect, Nursing Informatics Research Section, Midwest Nursing Research Society (MNRS)2009 / Reviewer, Health Resources and Services Administration (HRSA),Nurse Education Practice and Retention program
2008 / Reviewer, Showalter preproposals
2004, 2005, 2007 / Reviewer, HRSA, Nursing Workforce Diversity Program
2004 / Consultant, InternationalUniversity of Nursing at St. Kitts, Caribbean
2003 – present / Manuscript reviewer, Journal of Nursing Scholarship
2003 – present / Manuscript reviewer, Worldviews on Evidence Based Nursing
2000 – present / Manuscript reviewer, Journal of Advanced Nursing
2003 / Abstract reviewer, Midwest Nursing Research Society
2000 – 2006 / Research Committee (chair, 2002 – 2006), Sigma Theta Tau International, Delta Omicron Chapter
1998 – 2003 / Mauscript reviewer, Orthopaedic Nursing, National Association of Orthopaedic Nurses
1995 – 1996 / Evaluation committee, College of Nursing, University of Illinois at Chicago
1996 / Graduate Student Organization, treasurer, College of Nursing, University of Illinois at Chicago
1994 – 1995 / Manuscript reviewer, IMAGE: Journal of Nursing Scholarship, official journal of Sigma Theta Tau International
1993 / National Council of State Boards of Nursing, NCLEX-RN Item writer
1992 / Abstract reviewer, Council for Nursing Informatics, National League for Nursing
School of Nursing
December 11, 2007 IT Faculty Development Workshop, School of Nursing
UNIVERSITY SERVICE:
2009 – 2012 / Library Committee, Purdue University2009 / Ad Hoc Steering Committee on the Core Curriculum, Purdue University
2008 – 2011 / Faculty Informetrics Committee (chair), subcommittee of the University Faculty Affairs Committee
2007 – 2008 / Information Technology Committee, College of Pharmacy, Nursing, and Health Science, PurdueUniversity
2009 – present / Instructional Support Committee, Purdue School of Nursing
2008 – present / Curriculum Committee, Purdue School of Nursing
2002–present / Research Committee (chair 2006-2007), Purdue School of Nursing
2006 / Level II coordinator, Purdue School of Nursing
2005 – 2007 / Grievance Committee, College of Pharmacy, Nursing, and Health Sciences, PurdueUniversity
2005 / Course coordinator, Adult Nursing I – Theory
2003 – 2005 / Course coordinator, Adult Nursing I – Clinic
2004 – 2005 / RegenstriefCenter for Healthcare Engineering Launch Team
2003 / Search Committee for the head of School of Nursing
2002 – 2004 / Minority Advocacy Committee, Schools of Pharmacy, Nursing, and Health Sciences, PurdueUniversity
2002 – 2005 / Instructional Support Committee, PurdueSchool of Nursing
2002 / Strategic Plan Subcommittee – Commuity Collaboration Strategic Plan, School of Nursing, PurdueUniversity
1995 – 1996 / Evaluation Committee, College of Nursing, University of Illinois at Chicago
1995 – 1996 / Treasurer, Graduate Student Organization, University of Illinois at Chicago
1991 – 1993 / Continuing Education Committee, Chair (1993), PurdueSchool of Nursing
1991 – 1992 / Strategic Plan Subcommittee-Faculty & Resources, PurdueSchool of Nursing
1991 – 1992 / Faculty Liaison Committee, Computer Committee, Schools of Pharmacy, Nursing, and Health Sciences, PurdueUniversity
1990 – 1992 / Instructional Support Committee, Purdue School of Nursing
1990 – 1992 / Grievance Committee, PurdueUniversity
1989 – 1991 / Grade Appeals Committee, PurdueUniversity
1989 – 1992 / ComputerCenter Policy Committee, PurdueUniversity
COMMUNITY SERVICE:
October 18, 2007 and March 6, 2008 provided Health Seminars to Evergreen Group (visiting parents of Purdue Chinese graduate students) at Purdue Village Pre-school (117 Nimitz Dr.)