Shin Hye Park

Dr. Shin Hye Park is an Associate Professor at the University of Kansas School of Nursing (KU SON), with a PhD in Nursing from UCSF and a postdoctoral fellowship at NDNQI. Her research focuses on nursing workforce dynamics, patient safety, and health services research, leveraging large-scale databases like NDNQI and CMS. She has received funding from AHRQ, CGEAN, and KU SON, and holds awards including the Mid-career Investigator Award and CGEAN Experienced Career Award.

Education: PhD in Nursing (UCSF, 201?), MSN and BSN (Seoul National University). Postdoc at University of Kansas.

Research Interests:

• Nursing workforce staffing and turnover
• Patient safety outcomes (e.g., pressure ulcers, falls)
• Quality measure development
• Impact of Magnet hospital status
• Interdisciplinary collaboration

Articles Trends: Focus on nurse staffing-patient outcome relationships, Magnet status benefits, and interdisciplinary collaboration effects. Recent work explores value-based payment programs and nurse manager competencies.

Awards:

• Midwestern Nursing Research Society RIIG Award (Mid-Career)
• CGEAN Experienced Career Award
• AHRQ R01 Grant Principal Investigator

Teaching & Mentoring: Leads courses in quantitative research methods (NRSG 946/949/953), evaluation analysis (NRSG 885), and mentors PhD/MSN/BSN students. Serves as peer reviewer for Medical Care, Nursing Research, and others.

Grants: Over $2M in AHRQ, CGEAN, and internal funding. Current projects include patient turnover effects on care quality.

Labs/Teams: Collaborates with NDNQI, University HealthSystem Consortium, and CMS on nursing workforce data initiatives.