2006. University of Illinois at Chicago, College of Nursing, USA. Post-Doctoral Fellow
2003.  Yonsei University, College of Nursing, Seoul, Republic of Korea (PhD)
1999.  Jeonbuk National University, College of Nursing, Jeonju, Republic of Korea (MSN)
1997.  Jeonbuk National Univeristy, College of Nursing, Jeonju, Republic of Korea (BSN)
2008. Gerontology Nursing Practitioner, Republic of Korea (APN, GNP)

2019 – Present. Jeonbuk National University, College of Nursing. Professor
2021 – Present. Jeonbuk National University Hospital. Professor
2017 – 2019. Jeonbuk National University. Head of Research Ethics Audit Office
2014 – 2019. Jeonbuk National University, College of Nursing. Associate Professor
2010 – 2014.  Jeonbuk National University, College of Nursing. Assistant Professor
2007 – 2010. Seoul Women’s College of Nurisng. Full-time Lecturer
1997 – 2007. Chonbuk National University Hospital. RN, QI Nurse.

■ Journal Editorial Board Member & Reviewer

2022 – Present. ‘Journal of Korean Academy of Nursing’ Editor
2002 – Present. ‘Journal of Korean Academy of Nursing Administration’ Editor
2014-2015, 2018-2019. 2022-Current. ‘Journal of Korean Biological Nursing Science’ Editor
2022 – Present. ‘Journal of Advanced Nursing’ Reviewer
2020 – Present. ‘Journal of the Association of Nurses in AIDS Care’ Reviewer
2014 – Present. ‘Journal of Korean Academy of Nursing’ Reviewer
2013 – Present. ‘Asian Nursing Research’ Reviewer
2014 – Present. ‘Journal of Korean Biological Nursing Science’ Reviewer
2002 – Present. ‘Journal of Korean Academy of Nursing Administration’ Reviewer
2019 – Present. ‘Journal of the Korean Data Analysis Society’ Reviewer
2019 – Present. ‘Quality Improvement in Health Care’ Reviewer
2014 – Present. ‘Global Health & Nursing’ Reviewer
2014 – Present. ‘Korean Journal of Military Nursing Research’ Reviewer
2010 – Present. ‘Journal of East-West Nursing Research’ Reviewer
2013 – 2017. ‘Keimyung Journal of Nursing Science’ Reviewer
2014 – 2015. ‘Journal of Korean Academy of Nursing Administration’ Editor in Chief
2012 – 2013. ‘Journal of Korean Academy of Nursing Administration’ Associate Editor

*Nurses, Nursing Students, Elderly population.
*Nursing Management, Nursing Ethics, Nursing Informatics, Nursing Education, Leadership, Organizational Effectiveness, Quality Improvement, Patient Safety, Health Literacy
*Survey Research, Meta-Analysis, Meta-Analytic Path Analysis, Big-data analysis, Social Network Analysis, Focus-group interview, Q-methodology, Mixed Method Research.