Research on Support for Continuation of Work of Nurses after Great Earthquake and Nuclear Accident of Fukushima

2015 Fiscal Year Final Research Report

• Project/Area Number: 24659950
• Research Category: Grant-in-Aid for Challenging Exploratory Research
• Allocation Type: Multi-year Fund
• Research Field: Fundamental nursing
• Research Institution: St. Marianna University School of Medicine (2015); Fukushima Medical University (2012-2014)
• Principal Investigator: SATOU YOSHIKO 聖マリアンナ医科大学, 医学部, 研究員 (60618833)
• Co-Investigator(Renkei-kenkyūsha): YASUKAWA FUMIAKI 熊本大学, 社会文化科学研究科, 教授 (90301845) ; TANAKA SATIKO 山形大学, 医学部, 教授 (20286371) ; HAYAKAWA HITOMI 東北大学, 大学院, 助教 (50381306) ; YOKOTA MOYOMI 福島県立医科大学, 看護学部, 教授 (10188815) ; INAGE EIKO 福島県立医科大学, 看護学部, 講師 (00315673)
• Project Period (FY): 2012-04-01 – 2016-03-31
• Keywords: 看護師確保 / 就業継続 / 就業支援 / 再就業

Outline of Final Research Achievements

The objective of this research is to propose an effective measure for supporting employment of nurses, in view of serious shortage of doctors and nurses after the nuclear accident in Fukushima after the Great East Japan Earthquake.
We conducted a survey among nursing administrators in Fukushima on the state of damage, shift in number of nurses, intention of continuing work, etc., and interviewed nursing administrators in the Soso area. The results showed that the post-quake nursing management was ideas for surviving one day at a time together, and amid the increasingly serious shortage of nurses, sharing hecticness with the nurses, and challenging toward the next step.
The research suggested that an effective measure for acquisition of nurses is preventing degradation in quality of nursing care to maintain feelings for the home town and pride in nursing, and that it is important to support the nursing administrators to rebuild the organizational operation and nursing system.

Free Research Field

看護管理学