The Korean Nurses Association (KNA) said Sunday it will hold an opening ceremony for its Integrated Nursing and Care Support Center at the association's Seoul Training Institute on Monday, launching full-scale operations.
The center was established to strengthen the role of home-visit nursing as a bridge between healthcare and care services, and to build a sustainable foundation for community-based nursing.
Home-visit nursing has long been cited for structural limitations, including the small scale of individual providers, inadequate quality-control systems and low public awareness. The KNA plans to operate the dedicated center under its Policy Bureau to provide integrated support across the entire spectrum of home-visit nursing operations, from startup and management assistance to service quality control and public outreach. Over the longer term, the center will also serve as a "policy hub" that pilots new models linking nursing, long-term care and care services, and proposes related policies. The initiative is expected to underscore the need to leverage nurses' professional expertise in line with the government's push for community-based integrated care.
"The establishment of this center will serve as a key hub for strengthening the practical linkage of community care centered on home-visit nursing," a KNA official said. "Through systematic support that reflects voices from the field, we will drive the advancement of integrated care policy."
