J Korean Acad Soc Nurs Educ.  2015 Aug;21(3):361-372. 10.5977/jkasne.2015.21.3.361.

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

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  • 1Department of Nursing, College of Health Sciences, Sangji University, Korea. yime@sangji.ac.kr

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.

Keyword

Florence Nightingale Medal; Korean War; Operating room nursing; Volunteer

MeSH Terms

Arthritis
Education, Nursing
First Aid
Head
Hospice Care
Humans
Korean War
Military Personnel
Numismatics*
Nurseries
Nursing
Operating Room Nursing
Retirement
Students, Nursing
Volunteers
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