Aim: This study aims to analyse the employment effect of reformed nurse staffing policy which is the “Integrated Nursing and Care Service” scheme that was introduced by the Korean government.Design: Economic evaluation study focusing on employment effect.Method: An input–output model was used to estimate the employment‐inducing effect of the new staffing policy. The analysed data of 26,381 beds, of 400 hospitals that are participated in the Integrated Nursing and Care Service scheme were retrieved from the Korean National Health Insurance claims database.Results: The job‐creation effect of the new staffing policy was estimated to be 48.5 persons per USD 1 million expenditure, which means 28,154 persons were employed when USD 580.15 million expenditures was paid to the hospitals by the National Health Insurance Service. In addition, the policy had an employment‐inducing effect which is as high as 3.09~6.07 times higher than that of similar industries and all industries.

김형숙, et al. J Korean Acad Nurs. 2021 Aug;51(4):408-413. https://doi.org/10.4040/jkan.21171

Purpose: This study examined the career choices of nursing students in the Gyeongbuk region according to the geographic location and bed capacity of hospitals. The study sought to identify key factors influencing their preferences, particularly in the context of ongoing imbalances in regional nursing workforce distribution, despite expanded admission quotas in regional nursing schools.Methods: A survey was conducted with 220 third- and fourth-year nursing students with clinical training experience. Variables included general characteristics, career decision-making self-efficacy, nursing professionalism, job evaluation criteria, and career preferences. Binary logistic regression analysis was performed, coding “1” for preference toward Gyeongbuk-based hospitals and large hospitals, respectively.Results: Results showed that preference for Gyeongbuk hospitals was significantly associated with being a local high school graduate (odds ratio, OR=9.89, p<.001) preferring hospitals with smaller bed capacity (OR=3.65, p<.001), and higher career decision-making self-efficacy (OR=2.60, p=.018). Conversely, higher job evaluation standards reduced the likelihood of regional preference (OR=0.52, p=.045). Preference for large hospitals was higher among students attending universities (OR=2.76, p=.001) and those seeking employment outside the Gyeongbuk region (OR=2.66, p<.001). Professional role perception showed no significant effect.Conclusion: These findings suggest that nursing students’ career choices are influenced not only by individual psychological characteristics, but also by structural factors including hospital characteristics and regional accessibility. Educational and policy interventions, such as promoting self-efficacy, improving working conditions in regional hospitals, and expanding clinical opportunities, are required to address imbalances in the nursing workforce.

Bae HJ, et al. J Korean Acad Nurs Adm. 2025 Jan;31(1):14-24. https://doi.org/10.11111/jkana.2025.31.1.14