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An analysis of terms and construction of the term system describing nursing practice

Research Project

Project/Area Number 10470525
Research Category

Grant-in-Aid for Scientific Research (B)

Allocation TypeSingle-year Grants
Section一般
Research Field 基礎・地域看護学
Research InstitutionKobe City College of Nursing

Principal Investigator

NAKANISHI Mutsuko  Kobe City College of Nursing, Nursing, Professor, 看護学部, 教授 (00070681)

Co-Investigator(Kenkyū-buntansha) DEWAZAWA Yumiko  Kobe City College of Nursing, Nursing, Assis. Professor, 看護学部, 講師 (40277893)
TSURU Satoko  University of Hiroshima, Medical, Asso. Professor, 医学部, 助教授 (80177328)
OTA Katsumasa  Nagano College of Nursing , Nursing, Professor, 看護学部, 教授 (60194156)
KAWAGUCHI Manami  Kobe City College of Nursing, Nursing, Instructor, 看護学部, 助手 (20285357)
NAKANE Kaoru  Kobe City College of Nursing, Nursing, Instructor, 看護学部, 助手 (10305708)
安藤 幸子  神戸市看護大学, 看護学部, 助教授 (80285353)
近森 栄子  神戸市看護大学, 看護学部, 講師 (80280105)
藤崎 郁  神戸市看護大学, 看護学部, 助手 (30285358)
村嶋 幸代  東京大学, 大学院・医学系研究科, 助教授 (60123204)
Project Period (FY) 1998 – 1999
Project Status Completed (Fiscal Year 1999)
Budget Amount *help
¥7,800,000 (Direct Cost: ¥7,800,000)
Fiscal Year 1999: ¥3,700,000 (Direct Cost: ¥3,700,000)
Fiscal Year 1998: ¥4,100,000 (Direct Cost: ¥4,100,000)
KeywordsTerminology / Nursing practice / Nursing action / Term system / Nursing skill / 成人看護
Research Abstract

The purpose of this study was to construct the term system of nursing practice as terminology by focusing on and analyzing the complex relationship between clinical judgement and the structure of nursing action in routine nursing practice. Nurses actually involved in providing clinical care in professional nursing areas that included adult care (68 subjects), child care (28 subjects), maternity care (39 subjects), home health care (25 subjects), and psychiatric care (23 subjects) were interviewed using open-ended questions to survey terms used to describe the nursing practice. A total of 1,270 action labels (description of the nursing action performed by nurses) were collected from the 5 nursing care areas. The data from the survey indicated the following :
1. The term used by nurses in order to indicate an activity in each of 5 care areas primarily included vocabulary to denote technical actions related to basic nursing skill, terms necessary for performing the task, or routine convers … More ational expressions. Conceptual terms to describe the specialized aspects of nursing was almost never used.
2. The level of abstraction of terms employed varied and there was diversity in the use of synonymous terms. The inclusion of abbreviated words made it extremely difficult for anyone outside of nursing to understand the dialogue.
3. Although nurses consider and make various assessments with regard to their patients, these were almost never reflected in the term used.
4. In all of the 5 care areas although there were numerous instances where simultaneous actions corresponding to the action described by the nurses were being performed, it was difficult to perceive these from the initial action label.
The results obtained in this study suggested the need for a systematization of the term used to describe practice. This systematization should reflect the specialized nature of nursing, and should involve the stratification of terminology based on the abstraction level of the concepts being presented, as well as elucidating the conceptual relationship between the two. Less

Report

(3 results)
  • 1999 Annual Research Report   Final Research Report Summary
  • 1998 Annual Research Report
  • Research Products

    (6 results)

All Other

All Publications (6 results)

  • [Publications] 中西 睦子: "看護科学とことばの問題について"日本看護科学会誌. 18(1). 1-10 (1998)

    • Description
      「研究成果報告書概要(和文)」より
    • Related Report
      1999 Final Research Report Summary
  • [Publications] 藤崎 郁 他: "看護実践のターミノロジーにおける問題点と課題 : 平成8・9・10年度日本看護科学学会学術用語検討委員会か通津報告をもとに"看護研究. 32(5). 11-19 (1999)

    • Description
      「研究成果報告書概要(和文)」より
    • Related Report
      1999 Final Research Report Summary
  • [Publications] Mutsuko Nakanishi: "Issues in Nursing Science and Scientific Language"Journal of Japan Academy of Nursing Science. 18 (1). 1-10 (1998)

    • Description
      「研究成果報告書概要(欧文)」より
    • Related Report
      1999 Final Research Report Summary
  • [Publications] Kaoru Fujisaki, et al.: "Identification of Problems in Developing a Terminology System of Nursing Practice"The Japanese Journal of Nursing Research. 32 (5). 11-19 (1999)

    • Description
      「研究成果報告書概要(欧文)」より
    • Related Report
      1999 Final Research Report Summary
  • [Publications] 藤崎 郁 他: "看護実践のターミノロジーにおける問題点と課題;平成8・9・10年度日本看護科学学会学術用語検討委員会活動報告をもとに"看護研究. 32巻5号. 11-19 (1999)

    • Related Report
      1999 Annual Research Report
  • [Publications] 中西睦子: "看護科学とことばの問題について" 日本看護科学会誌. 18巻1号. 1-10 (1998)

    • Related Report
      1998 Annual Research Report

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