Contributions and Participation of Chief Nursing Officers/Vice Presidents to Business Strategies and Administration of Health Care Organizations: A Qualitative Analysis

2016 Fiscal Year Final Research Report

• Project/Area Number: 15K15820
• Research Category: Grant-in-Aid for Challenging Exploratory Research
• Allocation Type: Multi-year Fund
• Research Field: Fundamental nursing
• Research Institution: Iwate Medical University (2016); Kyoto Tachibana University (2015)
• Principal Investigator: nomura yoko 岩手医科大学, 医学部, 教授 (90156232)
• Research Collaborator: AKIYAMA TOMOYA 京都大学, 医学部附属病院, 病院長補佐、看護部長 ; TAKEKUMA ASAKO (KATSUMATA ASAKO) Research Coordinator in the U.S. ; AKIYAMA NAOMI 京都大学, 医学部付属病院・臨床研究総合センターデータサイエンス部, 特定助教 ; INOUE KYOUTA 京都橘大学, 看護学部, 助手
• Project Period (FY): 2015-04-01 – 2017-03-31
• Keywords: 看護副院長 / 政策的知見 / 病院経営 / マグネットホスピタル / 看護管理

Outline of Final Research Achievements

According to the results of the survey for nursing vice presidents in Japan, they used the policy knowledge of health and medical welfare system for their nursing management and made an improvement of working environment and education system, considering new medical fee calculation, sufficient for outpatient/visiting nursing and community support ,and organizing team medical system. This suggests that there is a possibility that this may have an influence on hospital management.
In addition, two nursing vice presidents in the United States described that keep on taking the certification of “Magnet Hospital” met the policy, and contributed to the improvement of the quality of patient care.

Free Research Field

看護政策、看護管理、地域看護