Dr. Jung Eun Kim PhD, RN
Assistant Professor
- About
- Education
- Awards & Honors
- Selected Research
Biography
Jung Eun Kim received her PhD from Azusa Pacific University, California, USA. She studied for MSN and BSN degrees at Ewha Women's University, Seoul, South Korea. She has worked as a registered nurse in diverse areas, including Med-Surg units, home health care, long-term care settings, and community-based health facilities in the United States. She is a member of International Sigma Nursing, the Midwest Nursing Research Society, the National League for Nursing, the Gerontological Society of America, the American Association of College of Nursing, and the Global Korean Nursing Foundation-USA.
Current Courses
NUR 317.002 Nursing Care Of Children Clinicals
NUR 317.004 Nursing Care Of Children Clinicals
NUR 329.002 Public Health Nursing: Prelicensure Clinicals
NUR 329.004 Public Health Nursing: Prelicensure Clinicals
NUR 526.005 Residency In Research
Teaching Interests & Areas
She has been teaching Research and Theory for EBP, Community/Public Health nursing, Adult Nursing, Data Management and Analysis, Health Assessment, and Nursing Informatics to undergraduate and graduate nursing students.
Research Interests & Areas
Her research interest is self-management and health promotion among vulnerable populations, including patients with chronic diseases and ethnic minority immigrants. Particularly, she is interested in related factors affecting self-care behaviors among patients with chronic diseases and using diverse statistical methods.
Ph D
Azusa Pacific University
Azusa, California, USA
MSN
Ewha Womans University
Seoul, South Korea
BSN
Ewha Womans University
Seoul, South Korea
Illinois Board of Higher Education Nurse Fellowship Program
Illinois State
2025
Early Career Research Award
Mennonite College of Nursing, Illinois State University
2025
Grants and Contracts
Exploring the experience of using continuous glucose monitoring among older adults in rural communities in the United States
Jung Eun Kim, Cherrill Stockmann.
Mennonite College of Nursing, Microgrant. June 2025
Effects of digital health literacy on diabetes knowledge among older adults in the United States: Cross-sectional study
Jung Eun Kim, Susana Calderon, MyoungJin Kim.
Sigma Xi Pi chapter. January 1 2024 - January 30 2024
Abstract
Integration and potential of ChatGPT in current nursing education
Jung Eun Kim, Sunok Jung, Yanghee Pang.
Midwest Nursing Research Society, 47 (1), 1S-66S, (2025)
SDoH-informed, AI-Driven STI prediction and Youth-Centered Interventions Across Illinois
Hyoil Han, Jung Eun Kim, Jill Stoops, Nariman Ammar.
Illinois Innovation Network 2025 Conference, (2025)
Related Factors on hospitalization of nursing home residents in Korea using quasi-Poisson regression.
E. Min, J. Shin, S. Jung, Jung Eun Kim.
The Gerontological Society of America (GSA) 2023 Annual Scientific Conference, (2023)
Utilization of LASSO and Poisson regression dealing with count variables in nursing home research.
E. Min, J. Shin, S. Jung, Jung Eun Kim.
The Gerontological Society of America (GSA) 2023 Annual Scientific Conference, (2023)
Journal Article
Digital Health Literacy on Diabetes Knowledge Among Older Adults in the United States
Jung Eun Kim, Susana Calderon, MyoungJin Kim.
Journal of Community Health Nursing, 1-15, (2025), https://doi.org/10.1080/07370016.2025.2593395
Leveraging ChatGPT for current nursing education: A scoping review
Jung Eun Kim, Sun Ok Jung, Yanghee Pang.
Health Professions Education, 11 (4), (2025)
Correlates and Health Issues among Older Korean Immigrants Living Alone in the United States: A Scoping Review
Jung Eun Kim, Sun Ok Jung.
Nursing Reports, 14 (3), 1859-1870, (2024), https://doi.org/10.3390/nursrep14030139
Utilization of Orem's self-care deficit nursing theory in Korean immigrants with diabetes.
Jung Eun Kim, Vivien Dee.
Theory and Research for Nursing Practice, 38 (1), 91-104, (2024), 10.1891/RTNP-2022-0144
Factors Affecting COVID-19 Incidences and Deaths of Geriatric Hospital Patients in Korea.
Juh Shin, Sunok Jung, Jung Eun Kim.
Research in Gerontological Nursing, 16 (6), 302-311, (2023), https://doi.org/10.3928/19404921-20230817-04
Factors Related to Diabetes Self-Care among Immigrants in the United States: A Scoping Review.
Jung Eun Kim.
Research in Community and Public Health Nursing, 34 (2), 171-182, (2023), https://doi.org/10.12799/rcphn.2023.00094
Implications on Self-Care Behaviors Among Older Korean Immigrants Diagnosed with Diabetes Residing in the United States: A Path Analytical Approach
Jung Eun Kim, Y. Jiang, V. Dee.
Journal of Diabetes and Metabolic Disorders, (2023), https://doi.org/10.1007/s40200-023-01363-6
Psychometric Properties of General Self-Efficacy (GSE) Scale Korean Version for Older Korean Immigrants with Diabetes: A Cross-Sectional Study in the United States.
Jung Eun Kim, Y.H. Jiang, Vivien Dee.
Nursing Reports, 13, 844–854, (2023), https://doi.org/10.3390/nursrep13020074
Evaluation of the Readability and Suitability of Printed Educational Materials on Metabolic Syndrome.
Jung Eun Kim, S. Yang.
Journal of Korean Public Health Nursing, 30 (1), 149-163, (2016), https://doi.org/10.5932/JKPHN.2016.30.1.149
Presentations
SDoH-informed, AI-Driven STI prediction and Youth-Centered Interventions Across Illinois
Hyoil Han, Jung Eun Kim, Jill Stoops, Nariman Ammar.
Illinois Innovation Network 2025 Conference, DeKalb, Illinois, September 26, 2025
Integration and potential of ChatGPT in current nursing education
Jung Eun Kim.
49th MNRS Annual Research Conference, Indianapolis, Indiana, March 29, 2025
Exploring Children’s Oral Health Behaviors and Yogurt-Based Dietary Habits
Susana Calderon, Jennifer Barnes, Jung Eun Kim.
AADOCR General Session & Exhibition Experience, New York, NY, March 14, 2025
Digital health literacy on diabetes self-care for community-dwelling older adults in the United States
Jung Eun Kim, Susana Calderon, MyoungJin Kim.
Sigma 35th International Research Congress, Online, August 6, 2024
Effect of digital health literacy on diabetes knowledge among older adults with diabetes in the U.S.
Jung Eun Kim.
Xi Pi chapter of Sigma Theta Tau International Honor Society of Nursing, Normal, April 9, 2024
Effects of digital health literacy on diabetes knowledge among older adults in the United States: Cross-sectional study
Jung Eun Kim, Susana Calderon, MyoungJin Kim.
Mennonite College of Nursing Annual Research Innovation Symposium, Normal, March 28, 2024
Related factors on Self-Care Activities among Older Korean Immigrants with Diabetes in the United States: A Path AnalysisNH
Jung Eun Kim.
NHCGNE 2023 Annual Conference, Online, October, 2023
Self-Care Measures and Glucose Control in Patients with Type 2 Diabetes
Jung Eun Kim.
Western Institute of Nursing, Tucson, AZ, USA, April, 2023
Self-efficacy, knowledge, social support on self-care among senior Korean immigrants with diabetes
Jung Eun Kim.
Sigma 32nd International Research Congress, Singapore, July, 2021
Self-care ability & quality of life among Korean elderly who live alone with diabetes
Jung Eun Kim.
Western Institute of Nursing, Portland, OR, USA, April, 2021