The Journal of Korean Academic Society of Nursing Education (한국간호교육학회지)

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Historical Review of Park Myungja, very Pioneering and Creative Registered Nurse who winned the Florence Nightingale Medal

나이팅게일 기장 수상자 박명자의 창조적이고 개척적인 간호업적 고찰

  • YI, Ggodme (Department of Nursing, College of Health Sciences, Sangji University)
  • 이꽃메 (상지대학교 보건과학대학 간호학과)
  • Received : 2015.05.18
  • Accepted : 2015.08.10
  • Published : 2015.08.31
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Abstract

Purpose: The purpose of this study is to present a model for R.N. and nursing students. Methods: Main primary sources were certificates, writings, news and articles. On the basis of them, her life was described over time and analyzed on the secondary sources. Results: Park Myungja faced Korean War as a nursing student and became the military officer of nursing. In 1950s and 1960s she worked hard to improve the operation room nursing. And she devoted herself to improve nursing education and help her students. Park Myungja became a military training teacher in 1972 and included first aid with the military training course. As a researcher of Korean National Open University, she tried to develop a course that R.N.s can receive a bachelor's degree in Nursing. Her last formal career was the head of a middle school, and she established the first nursery facility for the teachers. After the retirement, she devoted herself to the volunteer works, especially such as the hospice care, free clothes making, and Taichi teaching to arthritis patients. Conclusion: Park's life has been that of a R.N and volunteer. She has been very creative to find what she could do and pioneering to accomplish them.

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