Sung-Hyun Cho

Sung-Hyun Cho is a Professor at the College of Nursing, Seoul National University, specializing in healthcare policy, patient safety, and quality of nursing care. Her research focuses on the relationships between nurse staffing, missed nursing care, and patient experiences.

• Education: PhD in Nursing
• Research Interests: Nurse staffing adequacy, patient-reported missed care, healthcare quality improvement, communication in nursing, and staff-patient interactions.
• Key Findings: Demonstrated that inadequate nurse staffing correlates with increased missed care and poorer patient satisfaction, particularly in communication and timely response metrics.
• Students: Advising doctoral students Hyoung Eun Chang and Hyo-Jeong Yoon, who are investigating healthcare service delivery and nursing practices.
• Publications: Authored influential studies on nurse staffing impacts, including a 2017 Journal of Nursing Scholarship article and a 2015 International Nursing Review paper.