慈濟大學

Name: Fang-Ying Sylvia Chu, PhD, Assistant Professor

Education

- 11/2005-10/2009 - PhD of Nursing, Griffith University, Australia

· Thesis Title: Predictors of quality of life in Taiwanese women with breast cancer and the role of complementary and alternative medicine: A mixed-method study

- 07/1996-05/1998 - Master of Nursing, Griffith University, Australia

· Thesis Title: Taiwanese nurses’ attitudes toward fear of death

- 02/1995-07/1995 - Bachelor of Nursing (Conversion), Royal Melbourne Institute of Technology, University, Australia

- 09/1980-06/1985 - Diploma of Nursing, Hung Kung Nursing Junior College, Taiwan

Academic Appointments

- 09/2010- present - Assistant Professor

- 11/2007-12/2008 - Research Assistant, Research Centre for Clinical and Community Practice Innovation, Griffith University, Australia

- 08/1998-01/2005 - Lecturer, Chi College of Technology, Department of Nursing, Taiwan

- 02/1991-07/1995 - Clinical Lecturer, Hung Kung University of Technology, Taiwan

Teaching Areas

Fundamental Nursing, Adult Nursing

Publications

1. Chaboyer, W., McMurray, A., Johnson, J., Hardy, L., Wallis, M., & Sylvia Chu, F. Y. (2009). Bedside handover: quality improvement strategy to "transform care at the bedside". J Nurs Care Qual, 24(2), 136-142. (SSCI RANKING 30/42, Impact factor: 0.679; /SCI RANKING 34/46, Impact factor: 0.679)

2. Chu, F. Y., & Wallis, M. (2007). Taiwanese nurses' attitudes towards and use of complementary and alternative medicine in nursing practice: a cross-sectional survey. Int J Nurs Stud, 44(8), 1371-1378. (SSCI RANKING 2/42, Impact factor: 2.25; /SCI RANKING 2/46, Impact factor: 2.115) (First and correspond author)

3. Discussing the Development of Nursing Profession from the Feminist Perspectives Tzu Chi Academic Report 2004(6)

4. Health Professionals’ Attitudes Toward and Utilization of Complementary Alternative Therapy: A literature review. Tzu Chi Academic Report 2005(8)

5. Nursing students’ knowledge and attitudes toward complementary and alternative medicine, Tzu Chi Academic Report 2006(9)-(First and correspond author)

6. Complementary and Alternative Medicine Use in Chinese Women with Breast Cancer or Gynaecologic Cancers: A Taiwanese Survey" (Oral). 19^th International Nursing Research Congress Focusing on Evidence-Based Practice, Singapore

7. Chu, F. Y., & Chen, S.L. (2008). Complementary and Alternative Medicine Use in Chinese Women with Breast Cancer or Gynaecologic Cancers: A Taiwanese Survey, Oral presentation at the 19^th International Nursing Research Congress Focusing on Evidence-Based Practice, Singapore.

8. Chu, F. Y., & Chen, S.L. (2008). Complementary and alternative medicine use in Chinese women with breast cancer or gynaecologic cancers: A Taiwanese survey, Oral Presentation at the 15th International Conference on Cancer Nursing, Singapore.

9. Chu, F.Y., Wallis, M., Gillespie, B., & Chaboyer, W. (2009) Use of complementary and alternative medicine by Taiwanese women with breast cancer: A qualitative study, Oral presentation at The 12th East Asian Forum of Nursing Scholars Global Contribution through Doctoral Nursing Education In East Asia, in Japan, Tokyo.

10. Chu, F.Y., Wallis, M., Gillespie, B., & Chaboyer, W. Predictors of Quality of Life in Taiwanese Women with Breast Cancer. (2010) Oral presentation at The 16^th International Conference on Cancer Nursing, in USA, Gerogia, Altanta.

Current Research Areas

1. Predictors of complementary and alternative medicine use in Taiwanese adult cancer patients

2. The associations between CAM use and quality of life in Taiwanese women with cancer

3. Coping style in Taiwanese women with breast cancer

4. Taiwanese women’s perspectives of CAM use: A qualitative study