title: Infection control nurse specialist education in Korea.
abstract: With the amendment of the Medical Service Act in 2003, the infection control nurse specialist system was launched as one of several specialties for nursing in Korea. Nurse specialists are certified through the national qualifying examination after graduating from a specialist nursing program with core and specialty courses at a graduate school approved by the Ministry of Health and Welfare. This article describes graduate preparation and certification for infection control nurse specialists in Korea.
authors.affiliation: Department of Nursing, Semyung University, Jecheon, South Korea. icpkim@catholic.ac.kr
authors.forename: Kyung Mi
authors.initials: KM
authors.lastname: Kim
authors.forename: Jae Sim
authors.initials: JS
authors.lastname: Jeong
authors.forename: Ho Ran
authors.initials: HR
authors.lastname: Park
mesh_terms: D003479:Curriculum; D004506:Education, Nursing; D017053:Infection Control; D016357:Infection Control Practitioners / Q000193:education*; D007723:Korea; D009726:Nurses