Educational History

• 가톨릭대학교 간호대학(B.S.N.)
• 가톨릭대학교 대학원 간호학과(M.S.N.)
• University of Illinois at Chicago (PhD)

Research Area

Pediatric nursing, pediatric hospice/palliative care, nursing ethics, nursing education

Research results

Thesis

• Enhancing cultural competency and empathy toward foreign patients for Korean nursing students through a simulation: A quasi-experimental study. NURSE EDUCATION IN PRACTICE, 2023
• Psychometric properties of the Korean version of the Palliative Care Nursing Self-Competence scale for infant use. AUSTRAILIAN CRITICAL CARE, 2023
• NICU nurses' moral distress surrounding the deaths of infants. NURSING ETHICS, 2023
• Effectiveness of international hospice and palliative care training for health care professionals in countries of the Western Pacific region. JOURNAL OF HOSPICE & PALLIATIVE NURSING, 2022
• Experience of pediatric patient death, moral distress, and turnover intention among pediatric nurses at a tertiary hospital in South Korea: A cross-sectional study. JOURNAL OF PALLIATIVE MEDICINE, 2022
• Nurses’ perceived needs and barriers regarding pediatric palliative care: A mixed-methods study. JOURNAL OF HOSPICE AND PALLIATIVE CARE(한국호스피스완화의료학회지), 2022
• Effectiveness of serious games in nurse education: A systematic review. NURSE EDUCATION TODAY, 2022
• Impact of quality of ccommunication with clinicians on depression, anxiety, and quality of life among Korean family caregivers in end-of-life care settings. AMERICAN JOURNAL OF HOSPICE AND PALLIATIVE MEDICINE ,2021
• A case-centered approach to nursing ethics education: A qualitative study. INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF ENVIRONMENTAL RESEARCH AND PUBLIC HEALTH ,2020
• Nurses’ roles and challenges in providing end-of-life care in neonatal intensive care units in South Korea. APPLIED NURSING RESEARCH, 2019
• End-of-life care in neonatal intensive care units from Asian perspectives: An integrative review of the research literature. JOURNAL OF PALLIATIVE MEDICINE, 2019
• Development of controlled vocabulary-based adverse drug reaction-signal dictionary for multi-center electronic health record-based pharmacovigilance. DRUG SAFETY, 2019
• Effects of ethics education on moral sensitivity of nursing students. NURSING ETHICS, 2017
• Effectiveness of online simulation training: Measuring faculty knowledge, perceptions, and intention to adopt. NURSE EDUCATION TODAY, 2017
• A survey of perinatal palliative care programs in the US: Structure, process, and outcomes. JOURNAL OF PALLIATIVE MEDICINE, 2016
• Provision of services in perinatal palliative care: A multicenter survey in the United States. JOURNAL OF PALLIATIVE MEDICINE, 2016
• Factors affecting mobility in community-dwelling older Koreans with chronic illnesses. ASIAN NURSING RESEARCH, 2015

Publication

• 호스피스 완화돌봄. 현문사, 2022.
• ELNEC 소아청소년 호스피스완화돌봄 교육자 가이드, 2021

Symposium

• Kim, S. “International Hospice and Palliative Care Training for Health Care Professionals & imPACT review”28th Congress of Japan Society of Palliative Care, July 2023, Japan. International Session Chair & Speaker
• Kim, S., Oh, S. J., Kim, G., & Choi, S. “Korean Caregivers’ Experiences of Family Relationships after the Child’s Deaths from Leukemia: A Qualitative Descriptive Study” 18th World Congress of European Association for Palliative Care (EAPC), June 2023. Rotterdam, Netherland. Poster
• Kim, E.S., Kim, S., Kim, S., Kim, S., Ahn, S. Y., & Lee, H. “Feasibility of a family centered neonatal end of life care protocol in NICU: A mixed-methods study” 18th World Congress of European Association for Palliative Care (EAPC), June 2023. Rotterdam, Netherland. Poster
• Kim, S., Kim, G. W., & Park, J. W. “Developing a workforce training on neonatal palliative care in South Korea” Sigma Theta Tau’s 33rd International Nursing Research Congress, July 2022, Edinburgh, Scotland, Poster
• Kim, S. “Pediatric Nurses’ Palliative Care Knowledge in South Korea.” 14th Biennial Global Network World Health Organization Collaborating Centres for Nursing & Midwifery (GNWHOCCNM), June 2022, Online. Gaborone, Botswana, Speaker
• Kim. S. “Communication in Pediatric Palliative Care.” ELNEC-PPC, October 2021, Seoul, South Korea. Speaker (Invited)
• Jang S.G., Kim C.H., Lee M.R., Kim S. “Palliative Care Knowledge among Korean Physicians and Nurses who Care for Pediatric Patients.” 17th World Congress of European Association for Palliative Care (EAPC), Oct 2021, Online. Belgium, Poster (Best Poster Abstract Award)
• Kim, S. “Quality of Neonatal Dying & Death: Nursing Practice and Influencing Factors of Neonatal End-of-Life Care.” Chung-Ang International Conference – Chung-Ang University, November 2019, Seoul, South Korea. Speaker (Invited)
• Han, S. & Kim, S. “Moral Distress of NICU Nurses in End-of-Life Care.” Western Institute of Nursing (WIN) 2019 Conference, April 2019, San Diego, CA, US. Poster (Finalist of the Best Poster Award)
• Kim, S. “NICU Nurses’ Experience of Moral Distress in Providing End-of-Life Care.” Academy of Neonatal Nursing-18th National Neonatal Nurses Conference, September 2018, New Orleans, LA, US. Poster
• Kim, S., Savage, T. A., Song, M. K., Vincent, C., Ferrans, C. E., Park, C., & Kavanaugh, K. “Neonatal Intensive Care Unit Nurses’ Perceptions of End-of-Life Care Practice in Korea.” The Annual Assembly of Hospice and Palliative Care, March 2018, Boston, MA, US. Scholar E-Poster
• Kim, S., Savage, T. A., & Hershberger, P. A. “End-of-life care in neonatal intensive care units of Asia: An integrative review of the research literature.” Pediatric Academic Societies Meeting (PAS) 2017 Conference, May 2017, San Francisco, CA, US. Poster
• O’Rourke, J., Park, C., & Kim, S. “The effectiveness of online training on perceptions and adoption of simulation among nursing faculty.” International Nursing Association for Clinical Simulation & Learning (INACSL) 2016 Conference, June 2016, Grapevine, TX, US. Poster (Honorable Mention Award)
• Kim, S., Park, C., & O’Rourke, J. “Enhancing nursing faculty’s perception and adoption of high-fidelity simulation through online training.” MNRS 2016 Annual Research Conference, Mar. 2016, Milwaukee, WI, US. Poster
• Kavanaugh, K., Black, B. P., Denney-Koelsch, E., Wool, C., Kim, S., & Denney-Koelsch, E. “A survey of perinatal palliative care services in the United States.” MNRS 2016 Annual Research Conference, Mar. 2016, Milwaukee, WI, US. Paper Symposium
• Yeom, H.A., Baldwin, C., & Kim, S.. “Validation of the Korean version sleep questionnaire in older Koreans with chronic illnesses.” The 20th World Congress of the International Association of Gerontology and Geriatrics, June 2013, Seoul, Korea. Poster
• Kim, S., & Ahn, S. H. “Job satisfaction, leisure activity, and life satisfaction among clinical nurses.” The 8th International Nursing Conference of the Korean Society of Nursing Science, Oct. 2011, Seoul, Korea. Poster

Patent

• 출원 - 투약량 계산, 약물 추출 및 희석, 투약이행을 위한 소아청소년과 투약 튜토리얼 장치 및 방법