Keio University

Basic Nursing Field

Development of knowledge and skills inherent in nursing practice, implementation research and realization of evidence-based practice (EBP) Exploring the essence of advanced practice nursing (NP, CNS), and its dissemination and implementation

Faculty Members Involved

Faculty Members Involved

  • Miho Suzuki

  • Rika Fukui

Research Themes in Field

Past Master’s Thesis Themes

  • A mid-level ICU nurse’s reexamination of human understanding: Examination from perspective of learning through experience

  • Nurses’ experiences of care for foreign inpatients: focusing on cross-cultural aspects

  • Study on experience of instruction in clinical practice that lead mid-level nurses to reexamine their clinical practice

  • Process by which nurses come to understand patients hospitalized for Parkinson’s disease

  • Study on sense of satisfaction experienced by nurses working in care facilities for the elderly

  • Basis for nurses’ judgements in responding to patient needs

  • Transmission of nurses’ experiential knowledge (deep smart) in intensive care area

  • Perceptions of certified surgical nurses regarding current situation and challenges of preoperative visits

  • Study on nurses continuing to work: Narratives of nurses approaching retirement age

  • Process by which nursing students deal with ethical issues in clinical practice

  • Study on mid-level nurses’ concept of “excellent nursing”

  • Study on self-disclosure among newly qualified nurses in hospital wards

  • Study on human environment affecting continuation of employment for nurses during pregnancy

  • Examination of perceived stagnation in career development of mid-level nurses

  • Experiences affecting practice of mid-level nurses: Analysis of reflection on practice

  • Two-year experience of students who entered nursing universities during early stages of the COVID-19 pandemic

  • Nurses’ experiences during the COVID-19 pandemic: Focusing on care for terminally ill patients

  • Involvement of nurses in obtaining informed consent from cancer patients

Past Doctoral Dissertation Themes

(Only those prior to appointment of current professors)

Study on taste changes in cancer patients induced by chemotherapy

Research Keywords

Nurse practitioner, clinical practice competence, physical examination, cancer nursing, EBP, symptom management

Introduction to Field

Students will learn the process of transforming their interests arising from nursing practice into research. Having gained a broad and deep understanding of relevant theories and research, students will reexamine the nature of their interests and undertake research to address the gap between their findings and the current situation.

Message

Together, let’s rediscover the joy of nursing through research!

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