2025 Volume 19 Issue 1 Pages 39-50
As the role of nurses diversifies, it has become increasingly difficult for nursing managers to manage without a business perspective, given the diverse roles and significant challenges they face. In addition, the environment surrounding nurses is also changing significantly. Is the career development and education system that we have been doing so far sufficient?
In this regard, although there are differences between facilities in Korea, they have a career that includes the work content, authority, and incentives to utilize the abilities of advanced practice nurses (APNs), and at the same time, they are also involved in hospital management.
The purpose of this study is to construct a career development model for nurses and at the same time to develop an educational program to train nursing managers (future nursing managers).
In light of the current situation and challenges in Japan, we decided to focus on the advanced initiatives of the South Korean nursing system, such as appointing nursing managers as hospital administrators, as well as educational programs for the development of nursing management leaders, and to advance towards international comparative research.
This paper examines the current situation and challenges of nurse career development from a comparison between Japan and Korea.
