일본 사례 중심의 외국인 간호사 제도 도입 가능성 탐색: 필요성과 정책 방향

초록

This study aimed to explore the potential for a foreign nurse system and to suggest a policy direction in Korea with a review over Japan’s experiences. The authors collected foreign nurse employment related data including reports, studies, news papers in Korea and Japan. The data were analyzed, using the binary comparison method, by comparing the societal backgrounds, foreigner employment system, foreign nurse employment system, and its achievements and issues between the two countries. As a result, both Japan and Korea suffer similar issues: an increase in nursing demands, and shortage of nurses ensuing the low birth rate, and aging population. While Japan has been implementing its foreign nurse employment system since 2008 based on the Economic Partnership Agreement, Korea only has a legal provision requiring passing the nurse license exam to work as a nurse in Korea and a qualification for the exam. Although Japan’s policy has not been successful yet, it gives Korea some lessons to learn. Based on the results, the authors suggested five policy directions.

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