Ji Won Shin
PhD, RN
Assistant Professor
Biography
Dr. Ji Won Shin is dedicated to improving the health and well-being of critically ill patients and their family caregivers. Her research interests include patient-family communication, family engagement in ICU care, and psychological sequelae of critical illness. Dr. Shin's overarching goal is to help patients and families better cope with challenges together during their journey of critical illness to improve health outcomes.
Dr. Shin started her career as a nurse in the medical intensive care unit and then worked as a nurse in the adult psychiatric inpatient unit. The integration of her clinical expertise in critical care and mental health nursing informed her passion for preventing trauma-related mental health problems and promoting the well-being of critically ill patients and their family caregivers.
Dr. Shin is currently funded by the ZOLL Foundation to investigate the trajectories of posttraumatic growth and examine its association with psychological outcomes in intensive care survivors and their family members using a dyadic framework. With this work, she strives to achieve a foundation for developing a dyad-focused intervention to improve psychological outcomes.
- Shin, J. W., Tan, A., Tate, J., Balas, M., Dabelko-Schoeny, H., & Happ, M. B. (2024). Preliminary efficacy of the VidaTalk™ communication application on family psychological symptoms in the intensive care unit: A pilot study. Heart & Lung: The Journal of Critical Care, 70, 14–22. Advance online publication.
- Park, E. J., Seong, J., Shin, J. W., Tate, J. A., & Choi, J. (2024). Communication intervention for families in adult intensive care units during COVID-19 pandemic: A systematic review. Heart & Lung, 68, 175-190.
- Von Visger, T. T., Shin, J. W., & Happ, M. B. (2024). Urban Zen integrative therapy: Understanding intervention delivery adherence. Heart & Lung, 63, 136-141.
- Shin, J., Choi, J., & Tate, J. (2023). Interventions using digital technology to promote family engagement in the adult intensive care unit: An integrative review. Heart & Lung, 58, 166-178. https://doi.org/https://doi.org/10.1016/j.hrtlng.2022.12.004
- Happ, M. B., Miller, E., Tate, J., & Shin, J. (2022). CURRENT APPLICATIONS OF PATIENT COMMUNICATION TECHNOLOGIES IN GERIATRIC CRITICAL CARE. Innovation in Aging, 6(Suppl 1), 423.
- Shin, J., Happ, M. B., & Tate, J. (2021). VidaTalk™ patient communication application “opened up” communication between nonvocal ICU patients and their family. Intensive and Critical Care Nursing, 66, 103075. https://doi.org/https://doi.org/10.1016/j.iccn.2021.103075
- Happ, M. B., Shin, J., & Tate, J. A. (2020). Overcoming speech and language disorders in acute and critical care: 40 years later. Geriatric Nursing (New York, Ny), 41(3), 337.
- Shin, J., Tate, J., Happ, M. B. (2020). The Facilitated Sensemaking Model as a Framework for Family-Patient Communication during Mechanical Ventilation in the ICU. Critical Care Nursing Clinics. 32(2), 335-348.
- Happ, M., Dabelko-Schoeny, H., & Shin, J. (2018). Integration of post-acute care and hospice care in adult day services. Geriatric Nursing, 39(3), 356-357.
- Dabelko-Schoeny, H., Shin, J., Kowal, E., Overcash, J., Caterino, J. M., & Happ, M. B. (2018). Staff perceptions of adult day centers providing post-acute care for persons with dementia. Journal of Applied Gerontology, 39(2), 192-200.
- ZOLL Foundation Research Grant, The ZOLL Foundation, 2023-2025; (PI: Shin, J)
- Family Caregiving Institute Pilot Grant, Betty Irene Moore School of Nursing Family Caregiving Institute, 2022 (PI: Shin, J)
- STTI Epsilon Chapter Dissertation Grant, Honor Society of Nursing, Sigma Theta Tau International, 2017 (PI: Shin, J)