Nurse Staffing and the Nursing Care Quality in South Korea: A lecture was held at the GNRC

On May 26, 2025, we hosted a lecture by Prof. Sung-Hyun Cho from the College of Nursing, Seoul National University. Prof. Cho presented an overview of South Korea’s nursing fee schedule based on nurse staffing levels, approaches to patient acuity-based staffing, and research findings on the impact of nurse staffing on care quality and patient outcomes. While sharing similarities with the Japanese system, Prof. Cho also highlighted unique aspects and challenges of the Korean system. A total of 20 UTokyo Nursing faculty and graduate students attended onsite.