Developing the role of nurses as a coordinator in nursing welfare facilities.

2016 Fiscal Year Final Research Report

• Project/Area Number: 15H06695
• Research Category: Grant-in-Aid for Research Activity Start-up
• Allocation Type: Single-year Grants
• Research Field: Fundamental nursing
• Research Institution: Teisei Gakuen Junior College (2016); Tokyo Junshin Women's College (2015)
• Principal Investigator: OYAMA Akiko 貞静学園短期大学, 専攻科介護福祉専攻, 講師 (90756909)
• Project Period (FY): 2015-08-28 – 2017-03-31
• Keywords: 介護福祉系施設における看護師の役割 / IPE / IPW / 看護師の役割 / コーディネーター / 専門職連携 / 看護管理

Outline of Final Research Achievements

Nursing duties in the UK have not been legally defined in detail and a number of the nurses in care homes is limited, the same as in Japan. Therefore, not only nurses but also people in other professions recognise that it is impossible for nurses to take care of a wide range of tasks including a gray zone, daily living support tasks. Nurses carry out their work prioritising tasks which can be handled only by them. In addition, nurses can understand patients from various different aspects, such as daily living care and medical support, so they are expected to serve as a co-ordinator in the care homes, which they do. Understanding each professional position is fundamental to perform the co-ordinators’ tasks, but it has not been fully covered in today’s training programmes for healthcare specialists as well as in the post-graduation further education in Japan and this is something that should be improved.

Free Research Field

看護管理