ROK Army Nurse Officers&#039; Anticipated Roles and an Estimation of Demand for Their Workforce during the Early Stage of Korean Reunification (통일초기 육군 간호장교 역할과 인력수요 추계)

Yoomi Jung (정유미); Kim, Jinhyun (김진현); Lee， Soon-Young (이순영); Yu， Jeong A (유정아)

doi:10.31148/kjmnr.2019.37.2.25

ROK Army Nurse Officers' Anticipated Roles and an Estimation of Demand for Their Workforce during the Early Stage of Korean Reunification

군진간호연구
Abbr : Korean Journal of Military Nursing Research
2019, 37(2), pp.25~38
DOI : 10.31148/kjmnr.2019.37.2.25
Publisher : Military Health Policy Research Center
Research Area : Medicine and Pharmacy > Nursing Science > General Nursing > Nursing Education
Received : September 18, 2019
Accepted : September 26, 2019
Published : September 30, 2019

Yoomi Jung ¹, Kim, Jinhyun ², Lee， Soon-Young ³, Yu， Jeong A ⁴

¹국군간호사관학교
²서울대학교
³국방대학교
⁴육군본부 의무실

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Purpose: This study was to predict the healthcare service in need, develop anticipated roles of ROK army nurse officers and estimate the demand for their workforce during the early stage of a Korean reunification. Methods: A comprehensive literature review was carried out to identify the current status of the North Korean health status, predict the healthcare service to be delivered and ROK army nurse officers’ roles in need, and estimated the demand for the role. Results: During the early stage of reunification, community based primary healthcare will be in need in the North Korean region. ROK army nurse officers can be deployed to the four most vulnerable and isolated North Korean provinces to re-train nurses, build a health database, enlighten girls, and to screen and manage mental health of the residents. For the service, an estimated number of ROK army nurse ranged from 494 to 742, if one to deploy per 15,000 and 10,000 residents each, and from 988 to 1,484, if two to deploy. Conclusion: ROK army nurse officers are rightly capable of completing their mission and will contribute to decreasing healthcare cost and to establishing the basis for the reunified Korea during the early stage of reunification.

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Democratic People's Republic of Korea, Korean reunification, Nurse officer, Nursing workforce, Supply and demand

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