The purpose and activity of the Laboratory on Innovative Research and Practices for Nursing will be introduced. Also, the activity results of the following 3 groups that consist this Laboratory will be presented; 1.Development of quality assurance research of nursing practice 2.Career development of best-practice leading nurses 3.System construction for ethical nursing practice. We hope this exhibition will be an opportunity to interact with the general public, researchers, policymakers and various other people who work to support the health and life of people.
In the WaKaBa meeting, young researchers from various nursing specialties gather to develop educational and research competency as well as pursue people's lives and health from wide perspective. As our ongoing theme from last year, we aim to improve our educational competency as member of faculty and to ameliorate environment of clinical practices for nursing students so that they can obtain high quality learning experience. Especially in the training of nursing students in clinical practice, not only educational competency but also practical competency is required. Thus, maintaining and developing such competency is also an important issue for us. We hope to exchange information with people from various specialties about collaboration of education, practice and research at ORF.
the number of heart disease patients mainly for heart failure continues to increase, and it is expected that the number will increase significantly along with the super-aging society.Sleep disorders are one of the risk factors for the onset and exacerbation of heart disease.Among sleep disorders, insomnia affects the QOL of patients with heart disease, and it has also become apparent as a precursor of depression in patients with heart disease, so support for insomnia is required.Combined intervention in parallel with pharmacological therapy is being attempt for insomnia due to a complex entanglement of various factors.This project outlines the current situation and issues based on a literature review on the effects of non-pharmacologic intervention on insomnia in heart disease patients.
We are experiencing a super-aging society in Japan. Varous types of long-term care facilities and housing for older people are increasing including Yuryo-Rojin home. Though the residents of Yuryo Rojin home seems to experience healty living, some of them might need emergency transfer or hospitalization due to various factors such as sudden fever and falling. Many of these can be prevented by appropriate strategies from the care staff. In this presentation, we will introduce new challenges aiming at solving this problem, such as continuous education, research and symposiums, which the Keio University School of Nursing and Medical Sciences collaborates with St. Marianna Medical School Emergency Medicine.
Some cancer clinical decisions are difficult because of their preference-sensitive nature. Shared Decision Making (SDM), in which patients and medical professionals share information with each other and the process of making decisions, is recognized as an important aspect of patient-centered care. I will introduce an example of a decision support tool to facilitate SDM that was developed based on research, and activities for dissemination it.
The purpose and activity of the Laboratory on Innovative Research and Practices for Nursing will be introduced. Also, the activity results of the following 3 groups that consist this Laboratory will be presented; 1.Development of quality assurance research of nursing practice 2.Career development of best-practice leading nurses 3.System construction for ethical nursing practice. We hope this exhibition will be an opportunity to interact with the general public, researchers, policymakers and various other people who work to support the health and life of people.