Development of nursing guideline for employees with heart failuer to integrate recuperation actions with their normal lifestyle patterns

2019 Fiscal Year Final Research Report

• Project/Area Number: 26861886
• Research Category: Grant-in-Aid for Young Scientists (B)
• Allocation Type: Multi-year Fund
• Research Field: Clinical nursing
• Research Institution: Osaka University
• Principal Investigator: Yamashita Ryoko 大阪大学, 医学系研究科, 招へい研究員 (90646788)
• Project Period (FY): 2014-04-01 – 2020-03-31
• Keywords: 慢性心不全 / 就労者 / セルフケア / セルフマネジメント

Outline of Final Research Achievements

The purpose of this study was to clarify the detail of nursing assement and care that employees with heart failuer ware able to integrate recuperation actions with their normal lifestyle patterns, and to develop the nurisng guide. The study was conducted by inrerviewing 1) 3 employees with heart failuer about difficulty and coping of recuperation actions, 2) 9 certified nurses in chronic heart failure nursing about nursing plactices. Integrating data from 2 interviews, we developed the nursing guide. Components of the nuring guide consisted were as follows: 1) nursing attitude (preventing exacerbation of heart failure to fulfill their work obligation, etc.); 2)nursing aseesment points (meaning of working, job duty, role in a family, etc.); 3) nursing cere points (supporting for self-directive recuperations with working, integrating recuperation actions with their lifestyle patterns and occupational routines, etc.).

Free Research Field

臨床看護学

Academic Significance and Societal Importance of the Research Achievements

仕事を持つ患者に特化した具体的なアセスメント内容・看護実践内容が明確化されることで、ジェネラリストの看護者が、仕事を継続しながら療養行動を実施する患者に対する情報収集・アセスメントの焦点、ライフスタイルに即した療養行動実施のための具体的な介入方法を理解できる。それによって、患者個別のライフスタイルに即した療養行動継続につながる。