Nursing
Education in Nursing
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Kyouko Sugawara, PhD, Nurse (Department head) |
Recently science and technology have been seeing rapid developments. Especially in the field of medicine and health science new therapies and technologies are routinely used in clinical practice. Under such circumstances nurses should be prepared to fulfill the requirements of the times in the 21 century.
The curriculum of nursing education is composed of two main parts. Basic nursing science and clinical nursing practice, which follow the conclusion of the general education.
Basic Nursing Science
Fundamental elements of basic nursing science are nursing theories and nursing (practical) methodologies.
Clinical Nursing Practice
Clinical nursing practice focuses on knowledge essential for assessment and treatment of patients. This area of study includes adult/elderly nursing, mental health/psychiatric nursing, public health nursing, child health nursing and maternal health nursing. Students have the opportunity to learn methods of practice required to provide nursing care and skills in the clinical practice.
Present & Future Research Projects in the Department of Nursing
The full time staff members of the Department of Nursing have nine professors, three associate professors, six assistant professors and nine lecturers. All staff members not only teach, but also conduct research in various fields of nursing. We are now very interested in the following research.
●fundamental studies on pain control in nursing care technology
●health care of patients with apoplexia and prevention of bed-rest in such patients in rural community of elderly society
●development of a multi-aspects evaluation system of education to provide support for society's elderly
●restructuring of the concept and theory of maternity development in the socio-cultural background in Japan
●restructuring of the concept of the function of nursing in the home based health care for patients
●research of nursing terminology
●educational studies on clinical practice in nursing care
Staff
| ●Professor (Chairperson) | Kyoko Sugawara | ●Professor | Takao Yamashita(Dean of Student) |
| ●Professor | Takashi Maeda | ●Professor | Mitsuko Oohira |
| ●Professor | Kunihiko Maeda | ●Professor | Keiko Endo |
| ●Professor | Fujimi Shibata | ●Professor | Mieko Toyoshima |
| ●Professor | Miyoko Nagumo | ●Associate Professor | Mie Aoki |
| ●Associate Professor | Junko Goto | ●Associate Professor | Mikiko Terashima |
| ●Associate Professor | Kyoko Inoue | ●Associate Professor | Riwako Kaji |
| ●Associate Professor | Satomi Numazawa | ●Assistant Professor | Tomoko Katagiri |
| ●Instructor | Keiko Kikuchi | ●Instructor | Naomi Takahashi |
| ●Instructor | Yumiko Tsuchiya | ●Instructor | Hiroyuki Konno |
| ●Instructor | Kaoru Yamada | ●Instructor | Naoko Handa |
| ●Instructor | Jyunko Shida | ●Assistant | Kaori Maruyama |
| ●Assistant | Mari Toyota |
Curriculum
First year | |||
First Semester | Second Semester | ||
| Specialty Subject Group | Specialty Basic Subjects | ・Principles of Nursing (1) | ・Fundamental Nursing Ⅰ (3) ・Fundamental Nursing Practice Ⅰ (1) |
| Key Subjects | |||
| Special Subjects | |||
| Developing Subjects | |||
| Midwife(Selectable) | |||
Second year | |||
First Semester | Second Semester | ||
| Specialty Subject Group | Specialty Basic Subjects | ・Fundamental Nursing Ⅰ (3) | ・Fundamental Nursing Ⅲ (1) |
| Key Subjects | ・Introduction to Adult Nursing (1) ・Introduction to Maternity Nursing (1) | ・Adult Nursing Ⅰ (1) | |
| Special Subjects | |||
| Developing Subjects | |||
| Midwife(Selectable) | |||
Third year | |||
First Semester | Second Semester | ||
| Specialty Subject Group | Specialty Basic Subjects | ||
| Key Subjects | ・Adult Nursing Ⅰ (1) ・Adult Nursing Ⅱ (1) ・Geriatric Nursing (2) ・Introduction to Psychiatric Nursing (1) ・Psychiatric Nursing Ⅰ (1) ・Community Nursing Ⅱ (1) ・Maternity Nursing Ⅱ (2) ・Pediatric Nursing Ⅰ (1) | ・Psychiatric Nursing Ⅱ (2) ・Community Nursing Ⅲ (1) ・Pediatric Nursing Ⅱ (2) ・Adult/Geriatric Nursing Practice Ⅰ(2) ・Community Nursing Practice Ⅰ (1) ・Pediatric Nursing Practice Ⅰ (1) | |
| Special Subjects | |||
| Developing Subjects | ・Nursing Education (1) | ・Nursing Administration (1) ・Translation ① ・Nursing Research (1) | |
| Midwife(Selectable) | ・Introduction to Midwifery ① | ・Midwifery ④ | |
Forth year | |||
First Semester | Second Semester | ||
| Specialty Subject Group | Specialty Basic Subjects | ||
| Key Subjects | ・Community Health Care System (1) ・Adult/Geriatric Nursing Practice Ⅱ (3) ・Nursing Practice Ⅲ (3) ・Psychiatric Nursing Practice (2) ・Community Nursing Practice Ⅱ(3) ・Maternity Nursing Practice (2) ・Pediatric Nursing Practice Ⅱ (1) | ||
| Special Subjects | ・Terminal Care ① ・Nursing of Infection ① ・International Nursing ① | ||
| Developing Subjects | ・Graduation Researches (1) ・Practicum of comprehensive Nursing (2) | ・Graduation Researches (2) ・Practicum of comprehensive Nursing (2) | |
| Midwife(Selectable) | ・Practice of midwifery ⑥ | ||
| ※ ( ) … compulsory courses. ○ …elective courses. Numbers indicate credit received. | |||
