Curriculum Vitae of Junhong Zhu Current Status Postdoctoral Associate Arthur Labatt Family School of Nursing University of Western Ontario London, Ontario Canada Nursing lecturer Nursing Studies, Medical School Hangzhou Normal University Hangzhou, Zhejiang Province People Republic of China Personal details Nationality: Chinese Gender: Female of Birth: Dec 5, 1970 Family Status: Married Current Address in Canada 1151 Richmond, Health Science Addition, Room H14, London, ON, Canada Office Phone: +5196612111, Extension 86572 Mobile Phone : +5196978972 jzhu287@uwo.ca junhongzhu66@hotmail.com Outline Biography I completed my 3 years nursing training in Lishui Health School in 1988 and then worked in the Children s Hospital of Zhejiang Province for 10 years as a clinical nurse. Later I graduated from Zhejiang University with an associate degree in nursing in 1994 and with a Bachelor s degree in Medicine in 2003 in P.R.China. I spent a short time language learning in London and at Napier University in 2005, and completed the MSc in Nursing at Queen Margaret University in 2006. After working as a nursing teacher in Hangzhou Normal University in China for two years, I commenced my PhD studies at the University of Edinburgh with a full scholarship in 2008 and graduated in 2012. The British-China Education trust kindly offered me a Chinese Student Award with further 3000 financial support for my final year study in UK. After two years teaching in Hangzhou Normal University, I started my current postdoctoral research under the supervision of Professor Heather Laschinger in the Arthur Labatt Family School of Nursing, University of Western Ontario, Canada from Sept 2014. My research interest and attitudes My research interests include nursing workforce issues, safety and quality of health care, children s pain management and family relationships with sick children, and other sociological perspectives on health care systems. I appreciate that nursing researchers have multi-interdisciplinary learning opportunities and chances for international communicating and sharing. 1
Education University of Edinburgh, UK Nursing studies, School of Health in Social Science PhD in Nursing Queen Margaret University, Edinburgh UK Master of Science in Nursing Sept 2008-Nov 2012 Sept 2005-July 2006 Wenzhou Medical College, P. R. China Bachelor of Science in Medicine Sept 2000-July 2003 Zhejiang Medical University, P. R. China Associate Degree in Nursing Sept 1991-July 1994 Lishui Health School, P.R. China Diploma in Nursing Sept 1985-July 1988 Full time working experience in China and Canada Postdoctoral Associate, Arthur Labatt Family School of Nursing, University of Western Ontario, London, Ontario, Canada Main duty: Working with Professor Laschinger to conduct independent research projects, as well as for further research training in Advanced Quantitative Statistics Nursing lecturer, Nursing studies, Medical School, Hangzhou Normal University Main duties: to give nursing lectures and supervise student nurses in clinical practice. RN, the Children s Hospital of Zhejiang province Main duties: to participate in clinical nursing, deliver standard nursing care to patients and supervise junior and student nurses working in the hospital 9/2014-to date 6/2000-8/ 2014 8/1988-5/2000 2
Volunteer work experience Nursing consultant, Operation Smile Charity Hospital, Hangzhou, China Main duties: to provide nursing consultancy in nursing management and to organize the charity mission. A volunteer for Operation Smile Mission (the charity for children cleft lip palate) working together with the international medical team as a clinical nurse, cooperator and translator 5/2009-8/2014 6/2007-6/2008 Other qualifications A qualified teacher certificated within the higher education system in P. R. China since 2007 A qualified RN with Operation Smile International Mission working together with the international medical team since 2007. A qualified RN in China since 1988 Computer Skills Nvivo 10 software in Qualitative analysis SPSS, Amos in quantitative data analysis PowerPoint, Excel and Word Skype, MSN, and Google-driven online communications and supervision Methodological Knowledge My methodological knowledge lies both in qualitative and quantitative research, though my research experience is mainly in qualitative study, using Grounded theory. Research publications 1. Zhu JH, Rodgers S, Melia KM (2015) A Qualitative exploration of nurses leaving nursing practice in China. Nursing Open 2(1): 3-13. Available at: http://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/nop2.11/epdf 2. Zhu JH, Rodgers S, Melia KM (2015) Can education resolve nursing shortage in China? Athens Journal of Health (in press). Available at: http://www.athensjournals.gr/athens-journal-ofhealth/forthcoming-paper-of-the-health-journal. 3. Zhu JH, Rodgers S, Melia KM (2014) The impact of safety and quality of health care on Chinese nursing career decision making. Journal of Nursing Management 22(42), 423-432. 4. Zhu JH, Hu BC, Wang LC (2013) Strategies and suggestions for the implementation of the national nursing regulation in nursing human resource management. Project report to the health authority of Zhejiang province (in Chinese). 5. Zhu JH, Liu W, Li ZL, Zheng XP (2013) The difficulties in assessing postoperative pediatric pain among Chinese nurses. Journal of Nursing Science (in Chinese) 13(7) 84-88. 3
6. Zhu JH (2010) Nursing shortage needs the Chinese government attention. Journal of Chinese Nursing Management (in Chinese)10(12):17-20 7. Zhu JH, Fu W, Li ZL, Zheng XP, Zhang YF (2009) The difficulties facing nurses in postoperative pain assessment for children. Project report to the health authority of Zhejiang province (in Chinese). 8. Cheung NF, Mander R, Wang XL, Wei F, Zhu JH (2009) Chinese midwives view on a proposed midwife-led normal birth unit (NMBU). Midwifery 25(6)744-55. 9. Mander R, Cheung NF, Wang XL, Wei F, Zhu JH (2009) Beginning an action research project to investigate the feasibility to midwife-led normal birthing unit in China. Journal of Clinical Nursing, 19 517-526. 10. Zhu JH, Fu W, Li ZL, Zheng XP, Zhang YF (2008) The current research situation and the influence factors in children s postoperative pain assessment. Journal of Nursing Science (in Chinese) 23(6)72-75. 11. Zhu JH (2007) Chinese nursing educators need to advocate self-confidence and self-development. Journal of Chinese Nursing Education (In Chinese) 4(4)188-190. Awards and Research grants 1. $ 9529 (RMB 50,000) Excellent Teacher Award (2013), received from Education Department of Zhejiang Provincial, China 2. $ 6361 ( 3000) Chinese Student Award (2011), received from British-Chinese Education Trust, UK 3. $ 5717 (RMB 30,000), received from Medicine and Health Science Research Foundation of Zhejiang Province in China (2010-2013). Investigating the mobility of the nursing workforce from 2005 to 2009 in Zhejiang province. (As the team leader working with Mrs Bing Chun Hu, the president of Nursing Association of Zhejiang Province, and Mrs Lichun Wang, the deputy director of nursing ). 4. $ 5717 (RMB 30,000), received from Medicine and Health Science Research Foundation of Zhejiang Province in China (2007-2009). To understand the postoperative pediatric pain assessment from Chinese nurses perspective. (As the team leader working with the Professor Wei Fu, Dr. Zhang Yifeng, Mrs Zhongli Li, Mrs Zheng Xiaoping). Conference presentations in 2015 and the papers in submission Zhu JH, Laschinger HK (2015) Chinese nursing managers at crossroad: a nursing profession or professional nurses. Giving a presentation on May 1 2015 at the Iota Omicron Chapter, Sigma Theta Tau International 28th Annual Research and Leadership Conference, London, Ontario Zhu JH, Rodgers S, Melia KM (2015) Can education resolve nursing shortage in China? Giving a presentation on May 18 2015 at the 17 th Annual International Conference on Education, Athens, Greece. Laschinger HK, Read E, Zhu JH (2015) Empowerment and Employee Commitment in Health Care Work Settings (the Chapter was submitted in March 2015 for the Handbook of Employee Commitment, Edward Elgar Publishing Limited, Editor John Meyer). Zhu JH, Rodgers S, Laschiger HK (2015). Understanding of wastage in resolving shortage -lessons learning from Chinese nurses leave nursing practice (In revision for International Journal of Nursing Studies). 4
Supervisors of my PhD Study in University of Edinburgh, UK Dr. Sheila Rodgers (principal supervisor) E-mail:S.Rodgers@ed.ac.uk; Telephone: 01316513940 Prof. Kath Melia (supervisor) E-mail: k.melia@ed.ac.uk; Telephone: 01316503893 Prof. Rosemary Mander (supervisor) E-mail: R.Mander@ed.ac.uk; Telephone 0131 650 3896 Address: Nursing studies, School of Health in Social Science, The University of Edinburgh Doorway 6, Medical Quad, Teviot Place Edinburgh, UK EH8 9AG Supervisor in University of Western Ontario, Canada Professor Heather Laschinger E-mail: hkl@uwo.ca; Telephone: +1 519 661 6567 Arthur Labatt Family School of Nursing, University of Western Ontario 1151 Richmond Street, Health Science Addition, Room 41 London, ON, Canada N6A 5C1 5