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The scope and expansion of nurse’s work in the United States and its implications

  • Legal Theory & Practice Review
  • Abbr : LTPR
  • 2022, 10(2), pp.87-120
  • Publisher : The Korea Society for Legal Theory and Practice Inc.
  • Research Area : Social Science > Law
  • Received : May 9, 2022
  • Accepted : May 26, 2022
  • Published : May 31, 2022

Song Myeong-Hwan 1

1호서대학교 법학연구소

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ABSTRACT

In Korea, even the enactment law on nursing has not yet been enacted, but it is simply surprising that the field of nursing work is expanding in advanced countries. This paper describes the structure of nurses in the United States and the expansion of their work. There is a big difference between the US and Korea in terms of insurance system, medical treatment fee system, number of medical workers, doctor's income, nationality, etc. Therefore, it is impossible for the US nursing system to be introduced into Korea as it is. In any case, it is meaningful to consider the current state of the nursing profession in the United States. As if reflecting the pluralism of American society, a wide and thick system of nursing professions has been established to provide medical services in various types of American society. In particular, nurses with advanced qualifications called Advanced Practice Registered Nurses are active. In the first half of this article, an overview of the nursing profession in the United States is presented with a focus on Registered Nurses. And in the second half, we discuss the central theme of this time, the issue of business expansion. Here, recent trends such as COVID-19, which have greatly helped expand the work of not only nursing, but also medical professions other than doctors, and the recommendations of the Federal Trade Commission are also mentioned. Finally, I will present implications for Korea.

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