| Year |
History |
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| 1923 |
05. 12 |
"Chosun Graduate Nurses Society" was established |
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| 1925 |
Chosun Nursing Newsletter is launched |
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| 1929 |
07 |
Representatives were sent for the first time to International Council of Nurses (ICN) by Chosun Nurses Society |
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| 1946 |
09 |
Chosun Nurses Society re-organized to nationwide centralized organization and chapters in each province were established |
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| 1948 |
08 |
Name changed to 'Korean Nurses Association' at the same time as the foundation of the Republic of Korea |
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| 1949 |
06 |
Joined ICN as a full member |
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| 1953 |
06 |
After joining ICN, Korean representatives On-Sun Kim and Yeong-Bok Lee were dispatched to the 10th ICN Congress, held in Brazil, for the first time |
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| 1953 |
07. 01 |
Launched The Korean Nurse, KNA journal |
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| 1957 |
Nightingale Medal Awarded to Korean, Hyo-Jeong Lee, for the first time |
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| 1957 |
07. 26 |
Registered as an incorporated association and recognized as the central association for nurses |
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| 1963 |
Nurses dispatched to Germany |
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| 1970 |
04. 18 |
Korean Nurses Academic Society was established |
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| 1970 |
10. 31 |
KNA building was dedicated |
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| 1972 |
05. 12 |
Code of Ethics for Korean Nurses was adopted |
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| 1973 |
11. 21 |
'The Nurses House' Construction Committee was formed |
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| 1974 |
07. 05 |
Korean American Nurses Association was established in the USA |
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| 1975 |
07. 28 |
Nursing Team for the National Security and Disaster was formed |
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| 1976 |
12. 31 |
Launched The KNA News, KNA weekly newspaper |
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| 1977 |
Nurses dispatched to Saudi Arabia |
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| 1977 |
07. 01 |
Dr. Yeong-Su Ha, Former KNA Board member, was elected as ICN PSC member |
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| 1978 |
05. 26 |
Toronto KNA was established in Canada |
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| 1978 |
12 |
Nursing Literature Prize was established |
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| 1978 |
12. 13 |
Established the 1st Long-term Strategic Plan (1979-1988) |
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| 1980 |
02. 12 |
A movement was launched by KNA at the time of constitutional revision to have health and environment rights adopted as basic rights of the people |
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| 1981 |
03. 27 |
Nurse became a member of the National Assembly for the first time (Former KNA President, Dr. Mo-Im Kim) |
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| 1981 |
05 |
KNA participated in the hospital standardization project |
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| 1981 |
06. 30 |
Dr. Mo-Im Kim, Former KNA President, was elected as ICN Board of Directors |
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| 1983 |
07. 21 |
The first national conference in com memoration of the 60th Anniversary of KNA's foundation was held and Code of Ethics for Korean Nurses was revised and proclaimed |
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| 1987 |
11. 28 |
Promulgation of and formal recognition of 'Ganhosa' title for Registered Nurse under Korean law |
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| 1989 |
02 |
Established the 2nd Long-term Strategic Plan (1989-1993) |
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| 1989 |
05. 28 |
Hosted the 19th ICN Congress and the Council of National Representatives Meeting in Seoul, in which 12,000 nurses from around the world participated |
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| 1989 |
05. 30 |
Dr. Mo-Im Kim, Former KNA President, was elected as the 21st ICN president |
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| 1989 |
12. 21 |
Established Prize for Nursing Science |
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| 1991 |
02. 28 |
Nurses' Political Society was established |
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| 1991 |
06. 20 |
Nurse became a member of the City Assembly (of Gwangju) for the first time (Ms. Seong-Rye Ahn) |
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| 1992 |
10 |
Campaign for breast-feeding was launched |
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| 1993 |
06. 22 |
Dr. Sun-Ja Kim, Former KNA Vice-president, was elected as ICN Board of Directors |
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| 1993 |
06. 23 |
Opening KNA Human Resources Develop-ment Center |
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| 1995 |
10. 30 |
First Healthy Breast-Fed Baby Contest |
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| 1996 |
04. 22 |
Hosted the 1st Korea-China Nursing Leaders' forum (in China) |
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| 1997 |
04. 23 |
Hosted the 1st East-Asia Nursing Forum (in Korea) |
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| 1997 |
08. 14 |
Nurse inaugurated as President of Korean National Council of Women (Former KNA President, Dr. Young-Hee Choi) |
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| 1998 |
05. 01 |
Nurse inaugurated as Minister of Ministry of Health and Welfare for the first time (Former KNA President, Dr. Mo-Im Kim) |
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| 2000 |
01. 12 |
Title of Specialized Nurse was changed to Advanced Practice Nurse by Medical Law |
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| 2000 |
04. 13 |
Nurse became a member of the National Assembly (Former KNA President, Dr. Young-Hee Choi) |
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| 2000 |
10. 11 |
Nurse became a member of the National Assembly (Former KNA President, Dr. Hwa-Joong Kim) |
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| 2001 |
05. 10 |
Pictorial magazine celebrating 100 years of Korean nursing was published |
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| 2002 |
01. 03 |
Nurse officer became a General for the first time (Ms. Seung-Suk Yang) |
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| 2002 |
11. 26 |
Nurse-teachers renamed Health-teachers |
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| 2003 |
02. 01 |
Nurse inaugurated as Minister of Ministry of Health and Welfare (Former KNA President, Dr. Hwa-Joong Kim) |
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| 2003 |
05. 29 |
80 Anniversary festival and the 6th national conference was held (Vision for the KNA announced) |
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| 2003 |
05. 29 |
80 Anniversary festival and the 6th national conference was held (Vision for the KNA announced)Certified nurse emblem (designed by Andre-Kim) |
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| 2003 |
06. 03 |
First Nurse Volunteer Campaign launched |
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| 2003 |
10. 01 |
Korean Accreditation Board of Nursing (KABON) was established |
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| 2003 |
10. 01 |
Revised Medical Law (Expansion from 4 areas to 10 areas of Advance Practice Nurse, enforcement of qualification) |
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| 2003 |
11 |
Requirement of Advanced Practice Nurse was announced |
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| 2003 |
11. 28 |
Launched Alliance of Asian Nursing Associations (AANA) for nursing development in Asia |
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| 2004 |
01. 20 |
Korean Nurses Social Welfare Foundation (KNWF) was established |
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| 2004 |
02. 12 |
Cyber Education Center was established |
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| 2004 |
02 |
Established the 5th Long-term Strategic Plan (2004-2008) |
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| 2004 |
06. 22 |
Korean Research Institute for Nursing Policy was established |
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| 2004 |
07. 20 |
Operation of Daytime Protection Center at KNWF |
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| 2004 |
11. 01 |
Global Korean Nursing Foundation (GKNF) was established |
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| 2005 |
01. 03 |
Opened US Nurse Exam (NCLEX-RN) Center in Seoul |
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| 2005 |
05. 23 |
Dr. Eui-Sook Kim, Former KNA President, was elected as ICN Board of Directors |
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| 2006 |
03 |
Nurse inaugurated as President of Korean National Council of Women (Former KNA President, Dr. Hwa-Joong Kim) eclaration of the Ethical Code for Korean Nurses |
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| 2006 |
03. 02 |
Introduced a credit approval system for Bachelor's Degree in Nursing |
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| 2006 |
07. 07 |
Established and proclaimed regulations concerning qualification approval of APN(Increased the number of fields of APN from 10 to 13) |
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| 2006 |
12. 15 |
Held 'The 1st Contest of Episodes on the Nursing workplace' |
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| 2007 |
06. 16 |
Held an event to commemorate the 84th Anniversary of KNA's foundation and the 7th National Gethering |
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| 2007 |
10. 10 |
Opened the korean Nurses Senior Nursing Home(lot 4,958m2, floor space 2,928m2) |
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| 2008 |
04. 09 |
Nurses became members of the National Assembly (Former KNA The 1st vice-president Ae-ju Lee, member Yeong-hee Jeong) |
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| 2008 |
07 |
Conducted free-of-charge education for the foundation of the 1st Long-Term Care Facility for people staying home |
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| 2008 |
08. 21 |
Signed an agreement with the Korean Foundation for International Healthcare to cooperate with the support of healthcare in developing countries |
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| 2008 |
09 |
Started operation of re-employment programs for nurses who have left the profession |
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| 2009 |
01. 01 |
The KNA News'KNA Newspaper' was renamed'Korean Nurse News' |
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| 2009 |
02. 20 |
Established the 6th Long-term Strategic Plan (2009-2013) |
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| 2009 |
07. 15 |
Held a memorial event for the late independence activist Ja-hae Park |
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| 2009 |
12. 03 |
Held an event to declare'the Nurse Policy Week' |
