Establishment of Support Program for Enhancing Expertise of Nurses Responsible for Medical Care in Special Schools

2016 Fiscal Year Final Research Report

• Project/Area Number: 26463580
• Research Category: Grant-in-Aid for Scientific Research (C)
• Allocation Type: Multi-year Fund
• Section: 一般
• Research Field: Community health nursing
• Research Institution: Osaka Medical College
• Principal Investigator: Tomari Yuko 大阪医科大学, 看護学部, 教授 (60197910)
• Co-Investigator(Renkei-kenkyūsha): TSUSHIMA Hiroe 川崎医療福祉大学, 医療福祉学部, 教授 (80113364)
• Research Collaborator: YAMASAKI Ayumi 大阪医科大学, 大学院看護学研究科, 学生
• Project Period (FY): 2014-04-01 – 2017-03-31
• Keywords: 医療的ケア / 学校看護師 / 支援プログラム

Outline of Final Research Achievements

Purpose: Establish a support program for nurses working for schools to become well-versed in nursing of children with serious symptoms making them possible to provide nursing with highly specialized knowledge in schools.Method: Analyze results of interview and group discussions for nurses working for schools and carefully select required support contents based on recognition of needs.
Upon preparation of a draft proposal of support program based on those results, a study group was established. In order to support school nurses, it was believed to be effective for them to develop confidence for assessment of varying health condition of children with serious symptoms as well as to have exchange between nurses in order to improve skills to cope with children’s parents having various requests.

Free Research Field

小児看護学