10 Incheon Public Nursing Scholarship Recipients Selected... Assigned to Incheon Medical Center Next Year

Incheon City has selected public nursing scholarship students who will be assigned to Incheon Medical Center starting next year.

On the 20th, the city held the Incheon-type Public Nurse Scholarship Certificate Award Ceremony at the City Hall Reception Room, attended by Mayor Yoo Jeong-bok, Director Cho Seung-yeon of Incheon Medical Center, and officials from the Incheon Talent Lifelong Education Promotion Agency.

Through the public nurse scholarship recruitment announcement in May, the city received recommendations for 54 students from nursing universities nationwide and selected 10 final scholarship students after document and interview evaluations. Each student will receive an annual scholarship of 10 million KRW and will be required to work for two years at Incheon Medical Center after graduation. The assignment to the medical center is scheduled for 2024.

The city plans to adjust the scale of scholarship student selection in the future by reflecting the nurse supply and demand situation and the results of pilot project monitoring. Additionally, to improve working conditions, the city will expand the nurse dormitory at Incheon Medical Center this year and reorganize the nurse rank system.

Incheon Mayor Yoo Jeong-bok is taking a commemorative photo after awarding scholarship certificates to students selected as Incheon-type public nursing scholarship recipients in the mayor's reception room at City Hall on the 20th.
[Photo by Incheon City]

Incheon City has implemented the 'Incheon-type Public Nurse Scholarship Project' for the first time this year to resolve the recurring nurse staffing issues at Incheon Medical Center and to foster stable public medical personnel in the region.

The nurse vacancy rate at Incheon Medical Center was 38% in 2020, 22% in 2021, and 22% last year, with a shortage of 52 nurses compared to the quota this year as well. With about 40 nurses leaving annually, the prolonged shortage of nursing staff is causing difficulties in performing the functions of the regional public hospital.

Mayor Yoo said, "We have actively promoted the public nurse scholarship project to provide stable public medical services to Incheon citizens," adding, "We will continue to do our best to nurture and support public medical personnel."

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