Dr. Misook Chung Hosts 2nd Global Korean Nursing Foundation-USA Leadership Program
Dr. Misook Chung, PhD, RN, FAHA, FAAN, professor, hosted the 2nd Global Korean Nursing Foundation (GKNF)-USA Leadership Program at the University of Kentucky Gatton Student Center, June 14-15, 2019.
“This conference is devoted to build a bridge for early career Korean nurses to advance their career in academia, health care systems, and other health related fields, ultimately taking on greater leadership roles,” says Kunsook Bernstein, PhD, RN, PMHNP-BC, FAAN, president of GKNF-USA.
The mission of GKNF is to support capacity building of Korean nurse leaders for advancing nursing science, clinical practice, and policy, facilitate networking of Korean nurses worldwide to foster their leadership in global health, and broaden knowledge exchange with global leaders.
"Providing opportunities for leadership development of nurse scholars and practitioners is one key mission of the Foundation," says Mi Ja Kim, PhD, RN, FRCH, FAAN, chairperson of the GKNF Boards of Directors. "We are fortunate to hold this conference at the College of Nursing, University of Kentucky Lexington, and we deeply appreciate the sponsorship by Dean Janie Heath and arrangements made by Dr. Misook Chung."
Dr. Chung earned her master's degree from the College of Nursing, Ewha Womans University, Seoul, Korea, and her PhD from the University of Kentucky College of Nursing. Dr. Chung currently is a professor for the UK College of Nursing, where she is a co-director and research scientist with the RICH Heart Program. She has an independent research program as well. She has conducted a number of observational/interventional research studies as a project director in the RICH Heart Program.
Dr. Chung has been studying patients with heart failure and family caregivers since 2002. Her research emphasis is on the dynamic interdependent relationship between patients with chronic cardiovascular disease and family caregivers and the behavioral, physiological, and psychological outcomes of both participating members, and on developing effective family based interventions to improve outcomes in both patients and caregivers. Her program of research covers a broad range of factors affecting outcomes in the adult heart failure population, such as adherence behaviors (e.g., low sodium diet and medication), patients’ psychological distress (e.g., depression and anxiety), perceived social support, and family caregivers’ burden and emotional distress.
Dr. Chung was a finalist in the Heart Failure Society of America Nursing Research Award in 2004 and won first place in the American Association of Heart Failure Nurses Oral Research Competition in 2006. The American Heart Association on Cardiovascular Nursing awarded her the Research Article of the Year in 2010.
