Study on nurses'roles in after school daycare services

2021 Fiscal Year Final Research Report

• Project/Area Number: 17K18129
• Research Category: Grant-in-Aid for Young Scientists (B)
• Allocation Type: Multi-year Fund
• Research Field: Lifelong developmental nursing; Social welfare and social work studies
• Research Institution: Tokyo Kasei University
• Principal Investigator: Fujita Atsuko 東京家政大学, 健康科学部, 講師 (70721851)
• Project Period (FY): 2017-04-01 – 2022-03-31
• Keywords: 放課後等デイサービス / 看護師 / ガイドライン

Outline of Final Research Achievements

A national survey conducted on after school daycare nurses revealed that these nurses performed a wide range of nursing practices while having few years of experience as an after school daycare nurse. Furthermore, survey responses indicated that nurses lack knowledge and experience in medical, educational, and nursing skills, face the difficulty of family support, have limited training opportunities, and are burdened by the need for coordination among multiple disciplines and business locations. Responses to questions on the difficulties nurses face revealed that the respondents face difficulties in relation to knowledge, skills, and coordination. In nursing practices, however, awareness of development, assessments, self-care.Based on a nursing practices framework, an outline for guidelines on the roles of nurses in after school daycare services was obtained, and a draft was made with a focus on attitudes towards nursing practices, information, knowledge, skills, and coordination.

Free Research Field

小児看護学

Academic Significance and Societal Importance of the Research Achievements

ガイドラインによって、看護師一人ひとりが経験値で行っていた支援の質が保たれ、どのような支援が必要か等の支援方法が明確になる。その結果、本来の放課後等デイサービスの役割である、発達支援、家族支援へつながると考えられる。したがって、本研究は看護師の支援の指標となるだけではなく、看護師の支援必要とする学齢障害児が、放課後という地域における居場所の保障と、発達の保障をすることが豊かな人格形成につながり、意義があると考える。