Education

PhD- Health Promotion and Health Education Department,
National Taiwan Normal University, Taiwan January 2010

MSN- School of Nursing, Boston University, USA May 1989

BSN- School of Nursing, National Defense Medical Center, Taiwan August 1979

Professional Experiences

1. Director / RUI GUANG HEALTHCARE GROUP 2019.09-Present

2. Vice President (32nd term) / Taiwan Nurses Association 2018.01-Present

3. Superintendent / Taipei Chao-Ju Senior Home 2018.03-2019.08

4. Chairperson / Center for Excellence, Taiwan Nurses Association 2015.01- 2018.01

5. Nursing Director / Department of Nursing, Taipei Veterans General Hospital 2013.01-2018.01

6. President (30th and 31st term) / Taiwan Nurses Association 2012.01-2018.01

7. Dean & Director / School of Nursing & Institute of Nursing, National Defense Medical Center 2001.07-2007.08

Research Interests

Nursing (Thoracic Nursing、Oncology Nursing、Chronic Disease Nursing、Critical Care Nursing、Long-Term Care Nursing、Pulmonary Rehabilitation)
Leadership & Management、Health Promotion、Health Education

Recent Publications

1. Wang, W.Y., Chu, C.M., Wu, Y.S., Sung, C.S., Ho, S.T., Pan, H.H., Wang, K.Y. (2019). Evaluation of the pain intensity differences among hospitalized cancer patients based on a nursing information system. PloS one, 14(9), 1-11. (SCI) (Correspondence)

2. Chen, P.T., Wang, T.J., Hsieh, M.H., Liu, J.C., Liu, C.Y., Wang, K.Y., & Laio, W.C. (2019). Anticoagulation adherence and its associated factors in patients with atrial fibrillation: a cross-sectional study. BMJ open, 9, e029974.doi:10.1136, 1-8.

3. Chen, P.J., Yang, K.Y., Perng, W.C., Lin, K.C., & Wang, K.Y. (2018). Effect of dyspnea on frailty stages and related factors in Taiwanese men with COPD. International Journal of COPD, 13, 2463-2469. (SCI) (Correspondence)

4. Pan, H.H., Shih, H.L., Wu, L.F., Hung, Y.C., Chu, C.M., & Wang, K.Y. (2017). Path modeling of knowledge, attitude and practice toward palliative care consultation service among Taiwanese nursing staff: a cross-sectional study. BMC Palliative Care, 16(42), 1-9. (SCI) (Correspondence)

5. Wang, W.Y., Chu, C.M., Sung, C.S., Ho, S.T., Wu, Y.S., Liang, C.Y., & Wang, K.Y. (2016). Using a new measurement to evaluate pain relief among cancer inpatients with clinically significant pain based on a nursing information system: A three-year hospital-based study. Pain Medicine, 17, 2067-2075. (SCI) (Correspondence)

6. Wang, W.Y., Wu, S.L., Chu, C.M., Sung C.S., Wang, K.Y., & Liang, C.Y. (2016). Trends in clinically significant pain prevalence among hospitalized cancer patients at an academic hospital in Taiwan: A retrospective cohort study. Medicine, 95(1), 1-7. (SCI) (Correspondence)

7. Wang, W.Y., Tarng, D.C., Chiang, L.C., Chu, C.M., & Wang, K.Y. (2015). Evaluation of uremic pruritis in long-term dialysis patients using a modified Chinese scale. Nephrology, 20 (9), 632-638.

8. Hsiao, P.C., Chen, T.J., Li, C.Y., Chu, C.M., Su, T.P., Wang, S.H., Pan, H.H., & Wang, K.Y. (2015). Risk factors and incidence of repeat osteoporotic fractures among the elderly in Taiwan. Medicine, 94(7), 1-7. (SCI) (Correspondence)

9. Chang, N.W., Lin, K.C., Hsu, W.H., Lee, S.H., Chan, James Y.H., & Wang, K.Y. (2015). The effect of gender on health-related quality of life and related factors in post-lobectomy lung-cancer patients. European Journal of Oncology Nursing, 19(3), 292-300. (SCI) (Correspondence)

10. Hsiao, P.C., Chu, C.M., Sung, P.Y., Perng, W.C., & Wang, K.Y. (2014). Differences in COPD Patient Care by Primary Family Caregivers: An Age-based Study. PloS one, 9(9), 1-10. (SCI) (Correspondence)

11. Pan, H.H., Li, C.Y., Chen, T.J., Su, T.P., & Wang, K.Y. (2014). Association of Polypharmacy with Fall-Related Fractures in Older Taiwanese People: Age-and Gender-Specific Analyses. BMJ open, 4(e004428), 1-7. (Correspondence)

12. Liang, C. Y., Yang, C. C., & Wang, K. Y. * (2015). An analysis of nursing environment and strategies to create positive practice environment in Taiwan. Yuan-Yuan Nursing, 9(1), 19-25. (original published in Chinese)

13. Wang, K. Y., & Chang, S. R. (2014). Centennial retrospective on the evolution and development of the nursing profession in Taiwan. The Journal of Nursing, 61(4，Suppl./), 55-61. (original published in Chinese)

●陳姵如、王桂芸（2018）。慢性阻塞性肺部疾病患者肺部復健之臨床應用及成效，
源遠護理，12卷， 1期， 5-10。
●梁鈞瑜、楊嘉禎、王桂芸（2015）。營造正向護理職業環境之現況剖析及改善策略，
源遠護理，9卷， 1期， 19-25。
●鄒怡真、游婷芳、王桂芸（2015）。轉譯研究在品質促進之應用與建議，
源遠護理，8卷， 3期， 19-24。
●王桂芸、張淑容（2014）。世紀回眸- 台灣護理專業的演變與發展。
護理雜誌特刊，61(4)，55-61。
●鍾聿琳、王桂芸（2014）。從國際趨勢剖析臺灣護理師養成的方向。
護理雜誌，61(2)，20-25。

Influential Book publication

●Wang, K.Y., et al. (2014) wrote a series of “A History of Nursing –TWNA Centennial in Review of Nursing in Taiwan -Spreading the Love, Pioneering and Leap Forward Edition, Taipei City, Taiwan: Taiwan Nurses Association.
●王桂芸等合著(2016) 成人內外科護理(七版)

Major Awards

2017 Fellow of the American Academy of Nursing
2015 1st place in the Nursing Academic Dissertation Award
2015 & 2006 Award of Excellence in Nursing Supervisor by the Taipei Nurses Association
2007 Commended as Taipei City Government Outstanding Nursing Personnel
2005 Outstanding Professional Nurse Award
2005 Selected as Ministry of National Defense Outstanding Teacher