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Mennonite College of Nursing

Jung Eun Kim PhD, RN

Assistant Professor
Mennonite College of Nursing
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EDW Edwards Hall 217
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jkim133@ilstu.eduemail
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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

330.092Public Health Nursing: RN To BSN

336.002Research And Theory For Evidence-Based Practice

229.010Adult Nursing I Clinicals

229.017Adult Nursing I Clinicals

229.027Adult Nursing I Clinicals

535.091Applied Data Management And Analysis

Teaching Interests & Areas

She has been teaching Introduction to Nursing Research, Community/Public Health nursing, Adult Nursing, Data Management and Analysis, and Evidence-based Nursing and Nursing Leadership to undergraduate and graduate nursing students.

Research Interests & Areas

Her research interest is self-care and health promotion among vulnerable populations, including patients with chronic diseases and ethnic minority older patients. Particularly, she is interested in related factors affecting self-care behaviors among older patients with diabetes and using diverse statistical methods.

Ph D

Azusa Pacific University
Azusa, California, USA

MSN

Ewha Women University
Seoul, South Korea

BSN

Ewha Women University
Seoul, South Korea

Abstract

Min, E., Shin, J., Jung, S., & Kim, J. (2023). Factors influencing hospitalization of nursing home residents in Korea using quasi-Poisson regression. Policy, Politics and Nursing Practice.
Min, E., Shin, J., Jung, S., & Kim, J. (2023). Utilization of LASSO and Poisson regression dealing with count variables in nursing home research. The Gerontological Society of America (GSA) 2023 Annual Scientific Conference, Abstract Poster, 1497809. Presented and published in GSA.

Journal Article

Kim, J., & Dee, V. (2023). Utilization of Orem's self-care deficit nursing theory in Korean immigrants with diabetes. Theory and Research for Nursing Practice, 37(4). Official DOI number will be issued soon. http:// doi:10.1891/RTNP-2022-0144
Kim, J. Correlates and Health Issues among Older Korean Immigrants Living Alone in the United States: A Scoping Review. Nursing Reports 14.3 (2024): 1859-1870.
Kim, J. (2023). Factors Related to Diabetes Self-Care among Immigrants in the United States: A Scoping Review. Research in Community and Public Health Nursing, 34(2), 171-182. https://doi.org/10.12799/rcphn.2023.00094
Kim, J., Jiang, Y.H., & Dee, V. (2023). Psychometric Properties of General Self-Efficacy (GSE) Scale Korean Version for Older Korean Immigrants with Diabetes: A Cross-Sectional Study in the United States. Nursing Reports, 13, 844–854. https://doi.org/10.3390/nursrep13020074
Kim, J. E,. Jiang, Y., & Dee, V (in press). Implications on Self-Care Behaviors Among Older Korean Immigrants Diagnosed with Diabetes Residing in the United States: A Path Analytical Approach. Journal of Diabetes and Metabolic Disorders. https://doi.org/10.1007/s40200-023-01363-6

Presentations

Digital health literacy on diabetes self-care for community-dwelling older adults in the United States. Sigma 35th International Research Congress. Sigma Global Nursing. (2024)
Effect of digital health literacy on diabetes knowledge among older adults with diabetes in the U.S.. Xi Pi chapter of Sigma Theta Tau International Honor Society of Nursing. Illinois State University Mennonite College of Nursing - Normal, IL. (2024)
Effects of digital health literacy on diabetes knowledge among older adults in the United States: Cross-sectional study. Mennonite College of Nursing Annual Research Innovation Symposium. Illinois State University Mennonite College of Nursing - Normal, IL. (2024)
Related factors on Self-Care Activities among Older Korean Immigrants with Diabetes in the United States: A Path AnalysisNH. NHCGNE 2023 Annual Conference. NHCGNE Hartfold Geriatric Foundation. (2023)
Self-Care Measures and Glucose Control in Patients with Type 2 Diabetes. Western Institute of Nursing. (2023)
Self-care ability & quality of life among Korean elderly who live alone with diabetes. Western Institute of Nursing. (2021)
Self-efficacy, knowledge, social support on self-care among senior Korean immigrants with diabetes. Sigma 32nd International Research Congress. (2021)

Grants & Contracts

Effects of digital health literacy on diabetes knowledge among older adults in the United States: Cross-sectional study. Sigma Xi Pi chapter. Illinois State University. (2024)