Development of a quality evaluation index for nursing care that integrates the perspectives of cancer nursing and geriatric nursing

2022 Fiscal Year Final Research Report

• Project/Area Number: 19K19501
• Research Category: Grant-in-Aid for Early-Career Scientists
• Allocation Type: Multi-year Fund
• Review Section: Basic Section 58050:Fundamental of nursing-related
• Research Institution: Seirei Christopher University (2021-2022); Nagoya City University (2019-2020)
• Principal Investigator: Amano Kaoru 聖隷クリストファー大学, 看護学部, 准教授 (90747833)
• Project Period (FY): 2019-04-01 – 2023-03-31
• Keywords: がん看護 / 高齢者看護 / 看護ケア / 質評価指標 / 領域横断的ケア

Outline of Final Research Achievements

In this study, a quality evaluation index for integrated nursing care consisting of 24 items was developed through surveys including interviews with advanced practice nurses in the fields of cancer nursing and geriatric nursing. Based on nursing views, care behaviors, and influencing factors in the fields of cancer nursing and geriatric nursing, we extracted evaluation items for the quality evaluation index from the perspective of structure, process, and outcome.
The quality evaluation index have become a tool that clinical nurses can use to identify interdisciplinary nursing care and outcomes as guides for assistance. Collaborative intervention was extracted as an important key concept in interdisciplinary care. In order to clinically implement the quality evaluation index that nurses can use, further research is needed that focuses on clarifying collaborative interventions centered on elderly cancer patients and enhancing their validity.

Free Research Field

看護学

Academic Significance and Societal Importance of the Research Achievements

がん看護と高齢者看護領域の高度実践看護師の実践知に基づき開発された、がん看護と高齢者看護の視点を融合した看護ケアの質評価指標は、臨床看護師が、人生の最終段階をがんと共に生きる高齢がん患者を包括的に捉え、援助の指針として活用できるツールとなると考える。本研究で開発した質評価指標は、がん看護と高齢者看護の双方の視点を持って高齢がん患者への看護ケアを発展させていく過程を促進することものとして位置づくと考える。