Summary

The division of Nursing Science is designed to train nursing specialists who obtain scientific knowledge and skills for improving nursing care. By offering classes both day and night, it enables working students to attend school. Course consists of common subjects (Nursing Health Statistics, Nursing Environment, Disease and Treatment, Nursing Education, Nursing Research Method, and Advanced Nursing Ethics (starting in 2004)) and 5 areas of nursing speciality.
Areas of nursing speciality are as follows. In Fundamental Nursing, students obtain theoretical and educational knowledge of the Foundations for nursing and nursing management in the health care system. In Clinical Nursing, students obtain ability to evaluate health problems in persons with chronic and acute illnesses and mental disorders, and learn about nursing practices of promotion on life-style reconstruction and self-management. In Maternal and Child Health Nursing, students learn about childbearing in women and the growth and development in children, and nursing practices to promote maternal and family health. In Community Health Nursing, students will learn health issues in the community and roles and function of nursing professionals. Further, by taking CNS required subjects, students will be eligible to take a certification exam for the Clinical Nurse Specialist. In Gerontological Nursing, students obtain knowledge and skills for providing care of the elderly with chronic health problems and their families.

Main research fields

• Research on rehabilitation nursing
• Research on health education to improve self-care ability
• Research on ethical issues of nursing and patient's psychology
• Research on infection control
• Research on a support to disabled child and the family
• Research on growth and development in children
• Relationship between health and dietary life style in adults
• Research on rehabilitation nursing of mental disorders
• Research on sterility and maternal and child health in the community
• Research on transitional process to become a parent
• Research on QOL of children who suffer from long-term health problems and their families
• Research on concept analysis of "acceptance of handicap" and characteristics of "acceptance of handicap"
• Research on a nursing support system based on a community
• Research on a role of nursing professionals in administration
• Research on educational methods of community nursing
• Research on a connection between environmental and genetic factors and the health
• Research on the elderly with chronic health problem and their family careqirers