Faculty of Health and Medical SciencesDepartment of Nursing
Faculty Members
NIIMI KinuyoSpecially Appointed Professor
[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
MAEYAMA NaomiSpecially Appointed Professor
[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
KANEKO NaomiProfessor
[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 YukinoriProfessor
[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 MinekoProfessor 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
TASHIRO MakotoAssociate professor
[Key Words]
• Psychiatric and Mental health Nursing • Long-term hospitalization at a psychiatric hospital • Support for addiction patients • 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 • Psychosocial support for addiction patients and their families • Ethical behavior and ethical problems of nurses in Psychiatric Hospital
NARA IikoAssociate 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
KUBO NorikoAssociate 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 YukoAssociate 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 KeikoLecturer
[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 YumikoLecturer
[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 MitsueLecturer
[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
UEDA MegumiLecturer
[Key Words]
• Women’s Health • Maternal Nursing and Midwifery Education • Menopause and Sexuality Education
[Research Themes]
• Research on the Association Between Women’s Posture and Physical Complaints • Research on Student Motivation During Clinical Practicums in Maternal and Midwifery Nursing • Outreach Education on Sexual Health and Menopause for Local Communities
SAGUCHI KiyomiLecturer
[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
KAZAMA EikoLecturer
[Key Words]
• Community Health Nursing • Promoting dignity-focused nursing for older adults and people with dementia in community settings
[Research Themes]
• Improving Nursing Care for Elderly People with Advanced Dementia: The Role of Nursing Students in Personalized Activities • Learning Outcomes and Challenges for Nursing Students in a Dementia Nursing Intensive Course Practicum” • Introducing Dementia Supporter Training to Nursing Students: A Preliminary Effort”
KAWATA ErikoAssistant professor
[Key Words]
• Technical Training • Class design for fundamental of nursing
[Research Themes]
• Aspects of students that nurse educators find concerning during technical training
ARAI NozomiAssistant professor
[Key Words]
• Work-family enrichment of nurses • Collaboration between nurses and care workers • Prediction of risky behavior in middle-aged mele after left hemorrhage with aphasia
[Research Themes]
• Work-family enrichment • Interprofessional work • Prediction of risk for patients