Study of the support system of the Certified Nurse Specialist in cancer nursing for visiting nurses engaged in home palliative care

• Project/Area Number: 15H06535
• Research Category: Grant-in-Aid for Research Activity Start-up
• Allocation Type: Single-year Grants
• Research Field: Community health nursing
• Research Institution: Yokohama City University
• Principal Investigator: NOZAKI Shizuyo 横浜市立大学, 医学部, 助教 (90761271)
• Project Period (FY): 2015-08-28 – 2017-03-31
• Project Status: Completed (Fiscal Year 2016)
• Budget Amount: ¥2,600,000 (Direct Cost: ¥2,000,000、Indirect Cost: ¥600,000); Fiscal Year 2016: ¥1,170,000 (Direct Cost: ¥900,000、Indirect Cost: ¥270,000); Fiscal Year 2015: ¥1,430,000 (Direct Cost: ¥1,100,000、Indirect Cost: ¥330,000)
• Keywords: 在宅緩和ケア / がん看護専門看護師 / 同行訪問 / 緩和ケア

Outline of Final Research Achievements

The objectives of this study were to clarify the perceived difficulties of the visiting nurses engaged in home palliative care for cancer patients and to explore the efficient support system by the Certified Nurse Specialist in cancer nursing. This study was the questionnaire survey for the managers of the visiting nurse station. We found that the having support or not in home-visit care by the Certified Nurse Specialist or the Certified Nurse in cancer nursing was significantly associated with the perceived difficulties of the visiting nurses in home palliative care. Additionally,we figured out that there are the systemic problems which hamper theflexible participation of the Certified Nurse Specialist on home-visit nursing service, by conducting the interviews to those health providers. We assessed those problems as the barrier for performing the collaborative home-visit care with the visiting nurse and Certified Nurse Specialist in cancer nursing.