| Theme | Dialysis Treatment and Nursing Care Needs -- Significance and Potential Utilization | |
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| Title | Perspective on intensity of nursing care needs and quality of nursing | |
| Publish Date | 2008/03 | |
| Author | Setsuko Shimoyama | The Japanese Red Cross Kyushu International College of Nursing |
| Author | Mitsue Nakamura | The Japanese Red Cross Kyushu International College of Nursing |
| [ Summary ] | The level of nursing care needs is dictated by the number of hours of nursing service necessary to provide quantity nursing care inpatients. The Japanese Nursing Association developed a study titled, “A Study on the Supply and Demand for Nurses of Japanese Hospitals in 2006”. This study suggested a new standard, suggesting that hospitals should provide one nurse for every seven inpatients. The implementation of these standards has improved the quality of nursing care, security of medical treatment, and brought about improvements in working conditions, including increasing time available for patient care. They have also helped provide educational support for new nurses, while decreasing excessive work loads for nurses. In view of current nursing trends, one of the most important issues for nursing administrators and managers is how to provide well distributed nursing care in relation to nursing care needs. The meaning of the term clinical ladder in relation to methodologies for professional development of nurses, as a standard for evaluation of levels of individual nursing practice competence, is also discussed. |
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