Interprofessional work for quality assurance of care in nursing home

2016 Fiscal Year Final Research Report

• Project/Area Number: 26463455
• Research Category: Grant-in-Aid for Scientific Research (C)
• Allocation Type: Multi-year Fund
• Section: 一般
• Research Field: Gerontological nursing
• Research Institution: Yokohama City University
• Principal Investigator: KANOYA Yuka 横浜市立大学, 医学部, 教授 (80313253)
• Research Collaborator: SASAKI Miyuki
• Project Period (FY): 2014-04-01 – 2017-03-31
• Keywords: 連携 / 教育

Outline of Final Research Achievements

We examined the current status of co-operation between nurses and care staffs and the relevant factors in nursing homes.　The average score of the Japanese version of the Relational Coordination Scale (J-RCS), evaluating co-operation between nurses and care staffs, was 3.5±0.6. The J-RCS score was positively correlated with those efforts in which nurses and care staffs were more engaged with each other. There was a positive correlation between the J-RCS score and the ratio of registered nurses in nursing staffs. We recommend that nurses increase their co-operation with care staffs to improve the work environment of nursing homes for both groups. As a result of interview with the managers, nurses and leaders of care staffs in the nursing homes that the J-RCS score were high, it was become clear that the managerial staff co-operates in order to improve of the quality of cares.

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