School of Nursing

Phone:

812-855-0757

Email:

pc21@indiana.edu

Department:

Community Health Systems

Campus:

IU Bloomington

Education

• PhD in Nursing, Yale University
• MSN with Acute Care Nurse Practitioner Specialty, Yale University
• Bachelor of Science in Nursing, ChungSh an Medical University, Taiwan

Clinical Practice

• Registered nurse, Taipei Veterans General Hospital, Taiwan

Biography

Dr. Pei-Shiun Chang is currently on the faculty of the Indiana University School of Nursing in Bloomington. She is a certified acute care nurse practitioner. Her teaching responsibilities include health assessment, and pathophysiology and pharmacology for nursing in the undergraduate program.

While working as a nurse on a cardiovascular surgical unit, Dr. Chang became interested in promoting physical and psychological health in older adults with cardiovascular disease. For her doctoral dissertation, she designed an intervention study to test the effects of Qigong exercise on the physical and psychological health of community-dwelling older adults and to explore the feasibility and acceptability of American older adults engaging in a Qigong exercise program. Study participants were impressed by how physically acceptable and emotionally joyful Qigong exercise was. The overall results show the promising and potential applications of Qigong exercise in older adults with chronic illness.

Dr. Chang’s next step in research is to use her research findings to design future studies to evaluate the effects of Qigong exercise on health, quality of life, physical and psychological health promotion, and biomarkers related to cardiac fitness in older adults with cardiovascular disease. She recently received a research grant from STTI Alpha Chapter to conduct a pilot study to explore the preliminary effects, feasibility, and acceptability of Qigong exercise in African-American adults aged 45-85 years, and to test the newly developed intervention fidelity checklist specifically for Qigong intervention.

Dr. Chang is active in the American Heart Association, the Midwest Nursing Research Society, and the Sigma Theta Tau—Alpha Chapter. She was elected campus counselor of the STTI Alpha Chapter until 2019 and has been elected to serve on the CLCD/CVSN Older Populations Committee through 2020. Dr. Chang wishes to bring her cultural perspectives to her teaching, research, and service.

External funding

Selected publications

Chang, P., Knobf, T., Byeongsang, O. Funk, M. (under review) Physical and psychological health outcomes of Qigong exercise in older adults: A systematic review and meta-analysis. The American Journal of Chinese Medicine.

Chang, P., Chao A.M., Jang M. & Lu Y. (2019). Intervention fidelity in Qigong randomized controlled trials: A method review. Geriatric Nursing, 40(1), 84-90. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.gerinurse.2018.07.001.

Chang, P., Knobf, M.T., Funk, M. & Oh, B. (2018). Feasibility and acceptability of Qigong exercise in community-dwelling older adults in the United States. Journal of Alternative and Complementary Medicine, 24(1), 48-54.

Chang, P., Knobf, T., Oh, B. & Funk, M. (2018). Physical and psychological effects of Qigong exercise in community-dwelling older adults: An exploratory study. Geriatric Nursing, 39(1), 88-94.

Chang, P., Knobf, T., Oh, B. & Funk, M. (2017). Physical and psychological effects of Qigong exercise in community-dwelling older adults: An exploratory study. Western Journal of Nursing Research, 39(10), 1374-1375. 

Chang, P., Whittemore, R., & Funk, M. (2015). Intervention fidelity in Qigong randomized controlled trials: A method review. Nursing Research, 64(2), E118. (Abstract)

Chang, P., Knobf, T., & Funk, M. (2015). Physical and psychological effects of Qigong exercise in community-dwelling older adults: An exploratory study. Nursing Research, 64(2), E22 (Abstract, Proposal)

Chang, P., Whittemore, R., & Funk, M. (2015). Intervention fidelity in Qigong randomized controlled trials: A method review. Nursing Research, 64(2), E118.

Funk, M., Stephens, K., May, J., Fennie, K., Chang, P., Feder, S., Knudson, K., Rose Bovino, L., Turkman, Y., Drew, B. (2015). Improving electrocardiographic monitoring: The practical use of the latest standards of electrocardiography (PULSE) trial. Nursing Research, 64(2), E78-E79.

Funk, M., Fennie, K.P., Stephens, K., May, J.L., Winker, C., Chang, P., Feder, S., Knudson, K., Rose Bovino, L., Turkman, Y., Drew, B.J., & PULSE Site Investigators. (2014). The practical use of the latest standards of electrocardiography (PULSE) trial: Nursing-focused intervention improves nurses’ knowledge and quality of ECG monitoring. Circulation, 130, A16320.

Funk, M., Fennie, K.P., May, J.L., Stephens, K., Feder, S.L., Chang, P., Drew, B.J., & the PULSE Site Investigators. (2013). Improved electrocardiographic monitoring practices in the practical use of the latest standards of electrocardiography (PULSE) trial. Circulation, 128, A18317.

Funk, M., May, J.L., Stephens, K., Fennie, K.P., Chang, P., Winkler, C., Feder, S.L., Drew, B.J., and the PULSE Site Investigators. (2013). An interactive online education program improves knowledge of ECG monitoring: Findings of the practical use of the latest standards of electrocardiography (PULSE) trial. Circulation, 128, A14151.