Development of end-of-life educational program for undergraduate nursing students

2015 Fiscal Year Final Research Report

• Project/Area Number: 23593168
• Research Category: Grant-in-Aid for Scientific Research (C)
• Allocation Type: Multi-year Fund
• Section: 一般
• Research Field: Fundamental nursing
• Research Institution: The University of Shiga Prefecture
• Principal Investigator: ITOJIMA YOKO 滋賀県立大学, 人間看護学部, 教授 (70390086)
• Co-Investigator(Kenkyū-buntansha): OKUTSU Ayako 関西看護医療大学, 看護学部, 教授 (10314270) ; BECKER Carl 京都大学, こころの未来研究センター, 教授 (60243078) ; ARAKAWA Chitose 滋賀県立大学, 人間看護学部, 准教授 (10212614) ; HONDA Kanako 滋賀医科大学, 医学部看護学科, 准教授 (60381919) ; MAEKAWA Naomi 京都学園大学, 保健医療学部看護学科, 講師 (20352916) ; DAIMON Hiroko 滋賀県立大学, 人間看護学部, 助教 (90552638)
• Co-Investigator(Renkei-kenkyūsha): SIMODA MOTOMU 京都女子大学, 現代社会学部, 教授 (90243138)
• Project Period (FY): 2011-04-28 – 2016-03-31
• Keywords: エンドオブライフ / 教育プログラム / 看護学部生

Outline of Final Research Achievements

For the design of the program,we based on the results of two different surveys. First, we made a national-wide survey to head nurses and first-year nurses after graduation on educational needs for such a program. Second, we inquired into a similar program used in the University of Washington (WA, USA).
We proposed the program which constituted of 9 items, under the headings of 1) Summary, 2) Pathophysiology, treatment and nursing, 3) Total pain and total care, 4) Family nursing, 5) Self-care, 6) Case reports by physicians and certified nurses for palliative care, 7) Practice for comunication with simulated patients and family members, 8) Care for dead bodies, and 9) Expressing emotions through practices, to which we added two additional parts after interviewing our graduated students. They were, 10) Physical changes of patients in the terminal stage, and 11) Advanced practice for communication with simulated patients and family members in various virtual cases.

Free Research Field

基礎看護学