| [ Summary ] |
The "2025 problem" is approaching. The problem will become a reality in several years' time. The baby boomer generation will be aged 75 years or older. Support for individual choice of therapy, nursing of patients with cognitive impairments, and nursing of terminally ill patients will become major problems in the future. Regional alliances will become important. It is necessary to allow nurses to develop more specialist skills, in order to address the problem that we face. Dialysis room nurses act as a coordinator, providing a liaison between individuals with many different roles. Dialysis room nurses understand their role well enough to understand the importance of diversification. Therefore, they create a role for 'creative nursing', generated from the perspective of the individual patient. I believe that this is the mission of a nurse working in a dialysis ward facing the "2025 problem". |