Community
Health Nursing
Department of Community Health, Division of Comprehensive Health
Nursing Sciences,
Graduate School of Health Sciences, Tokyo Medical and Dental
University
・Professor
Akiko Sasaki R.N., Ph.D.・Assistant Professor
Tomoko Tanuma R.N., MSN.・ Assistant
Yoshie Nakajima R.N., BSN
It
includes community health nursing services to prevent health
problems and related living problems
for residents in community. Understanding health care systems in
Japan and other countries,
need analysis of community residents, students learn creative
research and application in practice
for developing programs for preventive services, effective
delivery methods of services, development
of service techniques, team care, care management and care system,
utilization and development of
social resources, outcome evaluation in health care,
administration and management.
This course prepares leaders who can conduct independent research
projects and present their
achievements in domestic and international academic conferences
and scientific journals.
Subjects for Community Health Nursing in Master’s Program
Community
Health Nursing Lecture A 2 credits |
Having a certain administrative district (health center, city designated by ordinance and municipality) as a unit, this course reflects community nursing and development of related system, service technique and social resources, plan and evaluation of services, nursing leadership, administration and management methods in care management and team care on individual student’s practice and research question. |
Community
Health Nursing Seminar A 2 credits |
In the first half, this course aims at effective exploring research questions in community health nursing.To conduct a community care nursing research, students learn research trends, concept, philosophy, research plan, and concrete method of developing a research.In the latter half, students obtain advanced community health nursing practice skills as a clinical nurse specialist. Case seminar is added in understanding philosophy and practical development in a purpose of strengthening implementation of community health nursing. |
Community
Health Nursing Practice 6 credits |
Practice in community health nursing though municipal activities and administrative district is responsible for community residents in service provision and utilization of social resources.Practice for community health nursing should be emphasized on advanced community health nursing practice in community health, staff teaching, coordination, adjustment, research and management of ethical problems. |
Community
Health Nursing Research (Thesis) 8 credits |
Students learn research method in home care nursing, and decide a research theme, review the literature, collect data by conducting a survey, experiment, or case analysis, and obtain presentation and discussion skills in academic conferences or articles through a process of dissertation. |
Subjects for Community Health Nursing in Doctoral Program
Community
Health Nursing Lecture 4 credits |
This is more advanced than Lecture A. Though obtaining domestic and international information on community health nursing systems, this program offers the students to prepare for analysis of health needs, program development for partial services, effective delivery methods of services, development of service technique, team care, care management, development of social resources, outcome evaluation, organizational administration and management.Students take either one or a related subject, participate in an international and multidisciplinary research, conduct own research, give a presentation at domestic and international academic conferences, and learn leadership skills as practical international and multidisciplinary researchers who can conduct a original research. |
Community
Health Nursing Research (Dissertation) 8 credits |
Through conducting a specific research in each field, students obtain independent skills for research activities, presentation and discussion at academic conferences and articles publication for domestic and international journals. |
1.
Preventive nursing plan for individuals, family and population
2. Developmental method of health education and
counseling activities mainly by public health nurse
3. Team care, care management and care system in
community health nursing
4. Utilization and development of social resources in
community health nursing
5. Outcome evaluation in community health nursing
6. Administration and management in community health
nursing
[Graduate
School of Allied Health Sciences]
[Tokyo Medical
and Dental University]
1-5-45, Yushima, Bunkyo-ku, Tokyo 113-8519,
Japan
Dr.Sasaki Phone: +81-3-5803-5350
Fax: +81-3-5803-0155
Last Updated : 26 August 2009