Faculty of Health and Medical SciencesDepartment of Nursing

Faculty Members

MAEYAMA Naomi Specially Appointed Professor / Department Chair

[Key Words]

• Maternal Nursing/Women's health/oral health care/Reproductive health care/Mental health care

[Research Themes]

• Components that influence the motivation of pregnant women to promote oral health by perinatal nurses.
• Factors related to promotion of oral health guidance for pregnant women by perinatal nurses.
• Effect of introducing an evaluation method that comprehensively assesses knowledge, skills, and attitudes～Relationship between pre-and post-practice maternity nursing sense of coherence～
• Relationship between student's rubric evaluation after child nursing practicum and self-educational ability
NIIMI Kinuyo Professor for Special Mission

[Key Words]

• Nursing Management
• Fundamental Education of Nursing
• Staff Training Programs for Novice Nurses

[Research Themes]

• Condition of Utilization that Japanese Nursing University Students Implement
• Nursing Management Skills and Knowledge during Clinical Practice Courses
KANEKO Naomi Professor

[Key Words]

• Sustainable nursing care is essential for the elderly who need medical treatment. However, the turnover rate of nurses working elderly care facilities are high.
• We study to focus on work engagement, support nurses' by a positive point of view, and continuously support nurses' duties.

[Research Themes]

• Ongoing support for nurses' duties.
• Nurses' work engagement
• Developing of nurses and nursing students' emotional intelligence.
• Developing nursing students' practical skills to nurses.
NISHIDA Yukinori Professor

[Key Words]

• Researches on the Home-based Medical Care and its surrounding environments
• Medical law and the practices

[Research Themes]

• Legal environment for the verification of expected deaths
• Research on the public decision making on medical fees for home-visit nursing
• Research on medical / legal issues in the Japanese social security system
• Research on the license law for medical workers
MURANAKA Mineko Professor for Special Mission

[Key Words]

• Public Health Nursing Practice
• Health Promotion
• Health and Welfare Policy

[Research Themes]

• Health Policy Development by Public Health Nurse based on regional analysis
• Development of Public Health Nurse’s capability for the skills, knowledge and activities
• Inter-professional work for Community Health Planning
• The Municipality Policy on Dementia for Community Inclusion
NARA Iiko Professor

[Key Words]

• Acute nursing
• Emergency nursing
• Disaster Medicine/Nursing
• Training of triage and acuity system
• Training in neurosurgical emergency

[Research Themes]

• Research on the Hospital Emergency Triage System
• Research on training for simulated neurosurgical emergency
• Research on mass gathering medicine
TASHIRO Makoto Associate professor

[Key Words]

• Psychiatric and Mental Health Nursing
• Advance Care Planning for long-term psychiatric inpatients
• Nursing ethics of psychiatric nurses

[Research Themes]

• Approach to people with Mental Disorders living in the community
• Research on the role and function of nurses in Psychiatric outpatients
• Development of an Advance Care Planning Program for Long-term Psychiatric Inpatients
• Ethical behavior and ethical problems of nurses in Psychiatric Hospital
KUBO Noriko Associate professor

[Key Words]

• Fundamental Education of Nursing
• Medical Safety/Human-Error
• Research on the health and safety of nurses
• Continuing education of nursing professionals

[Research Themes]

• Prevention of blood exposure caused by needle sticks
• Factors Influencing Repeated Needlestick Injuries Among Nurses
• Research on cross-disciplinary safety education in basic nursing education
• Research on in-service and continuing education of nursing professionals
KAWAKAMI Yuko Associate professor

[Key Words]

• Public Health Nursing Practice
• Health and Welfare of Elderly People

[Research Themes]

• Public Health Nursing and Administration in Japan during World War II
• A Sociological Study of the History of Public Health Nursing in Rural Japan
• Health and Welfare Activities by Japanese Agricultural Cooperatives
HISAMATSU Keiko Lecturer

[Key Words]

• Severity, level of needs for medical/nursing care
• Acute-phase patients
• Perioperative nursing
• Learning effect of outpatient practice
• Team-healthcare

[Research Themes]

• Research on form B for the evaluation of nursing care needs
• Learning effect of outpatient practice in adult nursing training (Perioperative period)
• Learning of nursing students after completion of “Team-healthcare exercise”
IZUMIYAMA Yumiko Lecturer

[Key Words]

• Home-Visit nursing, Home care nursing　
• Nursing management in home-visit nursing, safety management
• Nursing practice skills of visiting nurses

[Research Themes]

• Safety management in Home-Visit nursing
• Practical skills of visiting nurses in home care
KUBOTA Mitsue Lecturer

[Key Words]

• Oncology Nursing
• Palliative Care Nursing

[Research Themes]

• Experiences of Patients With Advanced Cancer Regarding Treatment and Daily Life
• Psychosocial Support for Patients and Families With Advanced Cancer
• Research on Physiological Effects of Nursing Care
SAGUCHI Kiyomi Lecturer

[Key Words]

• Gerontological Nursing
• Home Care for the Elderly

[Research Themes]

• Quality of Death and Nursing Care of the Elderly
• Spiritual Care Research for the Elderly
• Nursing Interventions Utilizing Strengths of the Elderly
KAWATA Eriko Assistant professor

[Key Words]

• Technical Training
• Class design for fundamental of nursing

[Research Themes]

• Aspects of students that nurse educators find concerning during technical training
WAKASUGI Keiji Assistant professor

[Key Words]

• Psychiatric and Mental Health Nursing
• Psychiatric Liaison Nursing
• Support for Patients with Alcohol Use Disorder
• Quality of Life (QOL) in Patients with Substance Use Disorders

[Research Themes]

• Drinking Habits and Quality of Life in Patients with Alcohol Use Disorder in Outpatient Care
• Therapeutic Environment and Treatment Motivation in Closed Psychiatric Wards
• Nursing Support and Harm Reduction Approaches for Patients with Addiction
• A Qualitative Study on Psychological Safety and Conflict Among Nurses in a University Hospital Psychiatric Ward: Focusing on Team Dynamics and Nursing Practice