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Department of Nursing Director：FUJII, Akiko

Aiming to provide safe nursing care that enables patients to feel a sense of security and trust

Respecting patients rights and aiming to provide the possible highest-quality 'nursing services. Also, making various efforts to foster excellent nurses.


Operation System

We aim to build a sense of trust and security while respecting patients' rights, and we strive to provide nursing care of the highest caliber through the united efforts of the entire organization. We have introduced a new system of Nagoya University-style partnership nursing, wherein our nurses work in pairs. This system ensures safety, increases efficiency, and lessens the burden of care placed on our nurses.

Scope of Medical Services

As nurses at a university hospital providing advanced, cutting-edge medical services, we endeavor to provide high-quality nursing and pursue higher levels of specialization and advancement in order to meet the changing needs of the times and our communities. We promote collaboration not only within our facilities, but also with the greater community through the University Hospital's practical knowledge and education.

Features

This department has an in-depth training system that produces nurses with sophisticated skills, deep knowledge and a sense of hospitality. From AY2009, the department has been conducting postgraduate clinical training for new nurses, ahead of other hospitals in Japan, as well as systematically working on education for them to grow and develop into professional nurses. In AY2006, we introduced BSC based management system in nursing administration, which allows us to provide nursing care from the viewpoint of patients service and revitalize the organization. Starting in AY2019, we have developed a system for nurses who have completed specialized nursing procedure training and specialized and certified nurses to increase their roles as generalists and provide high-quality specialized nursing care in their own fields and departments.

Medical Service Results

Our institution is a Technology advanced hospital and as such, responsible for providing safe and reliable medical and nursing care as an advanced acute care facility. In February 2019, we were the first National University Hospital in Japan to receive JCI accreditation from the Joint Commission International, and re-certified in March 2022.
It enabled us to provide medical care to patients with COVID-19, and guarantees medical staffsʼ safety. Taking this opportunity, we are also preparing to respond to emerging infectious diseases. Certified Nurse Specialists and qualified professional nurses from a broad range of specializations are active in cross-departmental activities throughout the institution, sparing no effort to ensure we provide the best nursing possible. As of 2019, we have been selected as a "Designated educational institution for the training of special nursing procedures." Thus, not only are we involved in educating nurses who can perform special nursing procedures, but we also teach leaders who will train other nurses in such procedures. It is not only the certified specialist nurses but general nurses who are active in participating and presenting at the Japanese Nursing Association, Japanese Society of Cancer Nursing and other academic societies and meetings, sharing research from their daily clinical practices.

Other Undertakings

To meet current needs, we continually strive to remain an organization that keeps up with the changing times. In AY2010, our "Saving Life Nurse Training Plan" was selected by the Ministry of Education, Culture, Sports, Science, and Technology's University Reform Promotion Project, and we are now actively involved in the training and education of “life-saving nurses” who can deal appropriately with critical situations. In addition, we have been working on the specialized nursing procedure training in cooperation with continuing education programs and the Center for Postgraduate Clinical Training and Career Development since 2019.

Regarding international exchange, we concluded MOU (academic exchange agreements) with Seoul National University Hospital in 2012 and Asan Medical Center in 2013. For more than 10 years since the MOU was signed, we have continued to interact mainly with the nursing department and work on common missions and issues such as human resource development and improving professional skills. Due to the outbreak of COVID-19 infection, the dispatch of staff between the two hospitals had been temporarily suspended.However, in preparation for the resumption of the program, nine members, including Hospital Director Kodera, Nursing Director Fujii, Professor Kasuya and Professor Akiyama, visited Seoul National University Hospital, Asan Medical Center and Yonsei University Severance Hospital from August 21 to 22, 2023. The signing ceremony for the MOU re-signing was held at the Seoul National University Hospital's Museum of Medicine with the participation of officials from both organizations. Afterwards, the two nursing departments reviewed the details of past exchanges between the nursing departments, and Nursing Director Choi and Director Fujii reported on the current status of the changing nursing departments and their initiatives, thereby deepening mutual understanding. We have confirmed that we will discuss future schedules via videoconference, etc., and have resumed videoconferences once every two to three months and the acceptance of staff from Seoul National University Hospital and the dispatch of staff from Nagoya University Hospital. Through continuous international exchange, we will continue to develop medical personnel with an international perspective and strive to provide better medical care in the future.