Weiwen Wang

PhD, DNP, RN
Assistant Professor
Acute & Tertiary Care

Profile

Dr. Weiwen Wang is currently an assistant professor in the Department of Acute and Tertiary Care at the University of Pittsburgh School of Nursing. Before coming to the United States, she worked as a nursing instructor in China and taught the Fundamentals of Nursing Practice courses. She received her Bachelor of Science in Nursing from the University of Pittsburgh. After receiving her Master of Science in Nursing Informatics, she joined the University of Pittsburgh School of Nursing as a clinical faculty member. She received her Doctor of Nursing Practice from the University of Pittsburgh and her Ph.D. from Indiana University of Pennsylvania.

Clinical Emphasis

Dr. Wang maintains an active clinical practice in the neurosurgery unit at UPMC Presbyterian Hospital in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania.

Scholarly Emphasis

Dr. Wang conducts quantitative and qualitative research studies. Her program of research is currently focused on undergraduate and graduate nursing students’ sleep quality and academic and clinical performance. Her research was founded on the Jane Knox Award. Dr. Wang has been contributing efforts to international nursing education, such as SBAR communication skills and study abroad clinical education. Dr. Wang also interest involves expanding the knowledge of nursing informatics theories and clinical expertise in using healthcare technologies in patient care and education.

Teaching

Dr. Wang is clinical faculty at the University of Pittsburgh for traditional and second-degree sophomore, junior, and senior-level students. She assisted in the skills lab in Foundations of Nursing Practice for sophomore students and guest lectured on global health for freshmen. She taught primarily in undergraduate Nursing Informatics.

Service

Dr. Wang is a member of the American Heart Association, American Nursing Informatics Associations, ane Asian American/Pacific Islander Nurses Association.