Shu-li Chen, Ph.D., R.N.

Assistant Professor

College of Nursing

 

Phone:   (865) 974-7628

Office:   131 Nursing

E-mail:   schen4@utk.edu

 

Biographical Information:

PhD, University of Utah, Salt Lake City, UT, 1997

MS, University of Utah, Salt Lake City, UT, 1995

BSN, National Yang-Ming University, Taipei, Taiwan, 1991

 

Key responsibilities:

Teaching in undergraduate and graduate programs, student advising, conducting

            research and providing professional and community services.

 

Courses Taught:

N 311- Foundations of Professional Nursing-Clinical

N 333 - Physical Assessment - Clinical

N 381- Nursing Leadership and Management-I

N 471- Introduction to Nursing Research

N 405- Professional Nursing Seminar

N 582- Supervised Research

N 590- Nursing Administration I - Clinical

N 591- Nursing Administration II - Clinical

 

Research:

“Nursing Homes and Baccalaureate Nursing Education” funded by the Sigma Theta Tau

            International Honor Society of Nursing- Gamma Chi Chapter Research Award

(S-L. Chen as PI and J. Witucki as Co-PI; ongoing)

“Instrument Development and Evaluation for Nursing Home Services:

            A Pilot Study” funded by the UTK Graduate Office-Professional Development

            Award for Faculty Research (S-L. Chen as PI; ongoing)

“The Survey for Student’s Attitudes and Perceptions toward Community Service-

 Learning” (S-L. Chen as methodologist and statistical consultant; P. Brooke as PI

 at the University of Utah College of Nursing; ongoing)

 “A Model of Predictors of Sexual Abuse in Childbearing Women”  (S-L. Chen as

 statistical consultant; M. Scoville as PI at the University of Utah College of

 Nursing; completed on January, 1999)

“Reliability and Validity of a Community Needs Assessment Instrument for Nursing

 Homes in Taiwan” funded by Sigma Theta Tau International Honor Society of

 Nursing-Gamma Rho Chapter La Plante Research Award and the University of

 Utah- George S. and Delores Dore' Eccles Foundation Doctoral Scholarship

 (S-L. Chen as PI; completed on May, 1997)

 

Professional:

UT Faculty Senator, the University of Tennessee at Knoxville, 2000-2001

Member of Research Committee, the Tennessee Nurses

            Association, 2000-2002

Member of Tennessee Nurses Association, 1999-Present

Member of American Geriatrics Society, 1998-present

Member of American Nurses Association, 1997-present

Member of Sigma Theta Tau International Honor Society of Nursing, 1995-present

Member of Phi Kappa Phi Honor Society, 1995-present

 

Community:

Invited speaker for the Knoxville Chinese Christian Church related to long-term care

issues for the elderly, 2000-present.

Invited writer for Mundo Hispano (a local monthly Hispanic-English magazine) related minority

health issues, 1999-present.