Nursing ResearchandCollaboration CenterNursing Reaserch and Collaboration Center

Nursing Reaserch and Collaboration Center

Aim at the Qualitative Improvement of Nursing Servicesand Aid in Wide-Ranged Lifelong Learning
Gifu College of Nursing was founded in 2000 as a higher education institution for the science ofnursing. The college aims to contribute to the qualitative improvement in nursing services within
Gifu Prefecture. The objective of the science of nursing is to provide a scientific grounding for the
professional activities that public health nurses, midwives, and clinical nurses are engaged in, inaddition to formulating theoretical systems for considering potential problems within the field. To
this end, the college engages in essential and systematic research, focusing on nursing practices andevents in many directions.
At the time of its inception, the college also developed the Nursing Research and Collaboration
Center. The aim of the center was to enable the college to work together with local health care institutions and to conduct joint research based on practical nursing studies that enhance the quality ofnursing provision.
To date, the Nursing Research and Collaboration Center has collaborated with nurses active in thefront line of health care, as well as laying a solid foundation for the college’s operation with the aimof improvement within nursing practices in Gifu Prefecture. Under the supervision of the college,
the center is taking leading roles in the following main projects: The “Collaborative Research Project,” which engages nurses in active services with the aim of exploring more effective and qualitative methods for nursing service; the “Nursing Practice Research Promotion Project,” which runs anurses’ workshop and study training with the aim of encouraging nurses’ self-study and the improvement of their job sites; the “Support for the Academy of Nursing Practice Research,” which supports
the Gifu municipal research project; and the “Support for Graduates,” which runs an interactive
session for graduates.
Having now passed the 15th anniversary of its establishment, the college finds itself entering a newera. For the forthcoming 20th, 30th, and subsequent anniversaries, the college should devote itself tofurther development. The Nursing Research and Collaboration Center should also work on steadily
promoting the collaboration with the nurses in Gifu Prefecture, with a vision of improvement within
the nursing service.
The Nursing Research and Collaboration Center makes it its business to offer a forum for in-depth
philosophical discussion regarding how to best meet the nursing needs of the present day, and how to
support everyone’s healthy life.
Director

Okumura Minako

Collaborative Research Project
Our faculty researchers, together with nursing professionals in Gifu Prefecture, have been engaged inresearch activities that are closely related with daily nursing service since the establishment of the college.
With the aim of improvements and reform in nursing service, we adopt a scientific method and worktogether in research at the nursing site. As the two groups (faculty researchers and nursing professionals)
come from different circumstances with different points of view, which is advantageous to both sides for
obtaining access to unfamiliar nursing facts and events, we attach the utmost importance on our cooperation based on equality.
Furthermore, through the processes of collaborative research, the college also intends to support nurses’
lifelong learning and development.
The state of collaborative research (as of June 30, 2022)
The number of research topics (total, 2000-2022)

501The number of participants (total man-days, 2000-2022)

3,111

hospitalclinicmidwifery center

Hida

visiting nurse stationelderly person care facilitysocial welfare facility

Seino

Gifu

municipal health center

Chuno

business officenursing high school / nurses’ training school /research institution

Tono

Gifu College of Nursing

nursery centerschoolothersThe geographical distribution of institutions (in Gifu Prefecture) engaged in “collaborative research”
with Gifu College of Nursing

Collaborative Research Discussion Meeting
The Organization of Nursing Research and Collaboration CenterNursing Research and Collaboration Center・Director: (Professor)
・Researchers: 5(Professor 2, Associate Professor 2, Assistant Professor 1)・Clerical Staff: 2

Working Committee(of Nursing Research and Collaboration Center)To review the processes of collaborative research and share the outcomes with participants, we hold ameeting on the third Saturday in February every year. The meeting starts with reports for each study,
followed by lively discussions around the poster presentations and the exchange of opinions. It has provenvery worthwhile so far, in that the members can listen to outside ideas.

(Chairperson: Director assuming two posts concurrently)

Research Promotion GroupThe Nursing Research and Collaboration Center’s activities are based on the college’s doctrine and objectives and follow the decision of the Working Committee. The center always works in cooperation with theResearch Promotion Group, a subordinate office to the committee.

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Nursing Reaserch and Collaboration Center

Nursing Practice Research Promotion ProjectThis project aims to promote lifelong learning in the nursing profession. Our college recognizes theimportance of nursing professionals reviewing and reconsidering their own nursing sites, which leads tothe improvement of work conditions. The college researchers go to the nursing site, assess the situation,and determine the type of training or method of guidance appropriate to each case.

<Case Study>
Title

Improvement and Expansion of Visiting Nurse Station Activity

Aim

To investigate the present situation in a visiting nursing station, determine a research
topic, and construct a model for solving the problem.

Content1) Individual interviews at the nursing site: Our college researchers visit the visiting
nursing station, gather information, and exchange opinions with the nurses toimprove or upgrade nursing practice.
2) Workshop: Nurses who have received in-service training meet together anddiscuss any topics provided from the college researchers’ report.
(See the outline below)

Outline for Guidance on Nursing Practice Research

Support for the Academy of Nursing Practice Research
In this project, our college aims at encouraging local nursing professionals to individually develop
research skills and action for improvement.
The college is now working on two supportive activities: one is to provide support for nursing practiceresearch that the members are involved in, and another is to offer support for the “Interactive Meeting ofthe Academy of Nursing Practice Research.”

Our college’s involvement
The role of the college in this project is to aid the members of the “Academy of Nursing PracticeResearch” who are responsibly solving problems in nursing practice with the support of our college
researchers.
The conditions of involvement are that the research project is worked on independently by the member, isdirectly related to improvement in nursing practice, and the project should be completed with some advice
or discussion.

Interactive Meeting of the Academy of Nursing Practice Research“GCN” is the abbreviation for Gifu College of Nursing.

・Anyone can join the meeting, in addition to the members of the “Academy of Nursing Practice

1. Individual interview
Visiting nurse station

GCN

・The general meeting is held once a year.
Research.”
・In the meeting, there are some presentations by the members who have received assistance,
as well as discussions that include changing perspectives and advice for further study.

A couple of college researchers
travel to the site

・Some nursing practice reseashes are presented by nurses with master degree (Master ofNursing Science) from Gifu College of Nursing, and are discussed.

Analyzing the collected data

Preparing materials

2. Workshop

Sending the reportto the visiting
nurse station

Summarizing the proceedings of the workshop

3. Submitting the final report

Comments from workshop participants
・I understand that others also share similar problems to mine. I feel that I am not alone in experiencing difficulty.
・It is a good opportunity to learn how other facilities deal with a problem or figure out how to use a device.
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Support for Graduates

Some Introductions of Research Achievements

Our college continues to offer a support system for all graduate nurses from Gifu College of Nursing sothat they can feel free to discuss career development or worries and troubles at work. Providing ongoingsupport is also an important role of the Nursing Research and Collaboration Center.

The researchers in the Nursing Research and Collaboration Center are engaged in research activities withthe faculty. The following are the achievements of the work supported by the “Grants-in-Aid for ScientificResearch.”

Outline of the GCN support system for graduates“A Study on University Infrastructure and Systems Related Closely to Its Contributionto Community” (No. 16390652)

Gathering for graduates
within the previous two years

2004-2007 Grant-in-Aid for Scientific Research (B)Principal Investigator: Hirayama Asako, Director (of the Nursing Research and Collaboration Center)

Providing a place for exchange
of information among
the graduates from GCN

The purpose of this study is to explore how nursing universities/colleges are related to the local communities from the perspective of their contribution to community and society. The study includes research on
the actual conditions of some universities, discussion relating to how to build the basis of education
research, and an examination of the appropriate relationship between universities and the local institutions.
To find an appropriate method of clarifying both what service the science of nursing should offer to acommunity and how nursing contribution should be expanded, we review the Gifu College of Nursing
research system, which is applied to the “Collaborative Research” and “Nursing Practice Research Promotion” projects. Adopting the Gifu College of Nursing system, we examine what effects the practical training has on the nursing site, and what the nursing profession in Gifu Prefecture asks of Gifu College ofNursing. Finally, we confirm different aspects of their needs.

New graduates’
gathering

Graduates’
gathering and workshop

Graduates
Support for lifelong learningfor nurses

Support for employment, career enhancement,
and going on to graduate school

Aids to research activity

Counseling service“GCN” is the abbreviation for Gifu College of Nursing.

enhancement,

New graduates’ gathering
This is a meeting for new graduates who have just started working, where they can exchange views andtalk about worries and troubles at work with their contemporaries at the college.
Gathering for graduates within the previous two years
This is a meeting for those who have graduated within the past two years. This meeting is to be held at thesame time as the meeting for new graduates.
Graduates’ gathering and workshop
This is a meeting for all graduates to be refreshed by talking freely with teachers and other graduates
about their experiences at work. On the sameday, a workshop for all graduates is held to support theimprovement of their career.
Aids to research activity
This is a support system for graduates who are involved inresearch activities at nursing sites. The system is based on theone for members of the “Collaborative Research Project” andthe “Gifu Nursing Practice Research Promotion Project.”Counseling service
This service offers individual consultation for graduates tofreely discuss troubles at work, career enhancement, and goingon to graduate school. They can expect pertinent advice fromteachers .
5“Development of Nursing Practice Skills within Graduate Nurses and a Support
Program for Their Lifelong Learning” (No. 23593163)
2011-2014 Grant-in-Aid for Scientific Research (C) Principal Investigator: Iwamura Ryuko, Professor
In this study, three surveys were conducted.
First, by following nurses’ three-year nursing practice after graduation, we examined how the graduate
nurses gained further skills at work.
Second, we sent respondents a questionnaire comprising the following questions related to the acquisitionof nursing skills: “What do you think about your creative ability and problem-solving?”; “With the skills
you have, how will you tackle a problem in the near future?”; and “Do you think that the education you
received, both at school and work, is of use?”
Third, for the purpose of understanding the graduate nurses’ needs for developing ability, we analyzed thestatus quo of their workplace and education.
On the basis of the research results, we developed a support program for graduate nurses’ lifelong learning, within which the college and workplace would act collaboratively.

The publication of the Nursing Research and Collaboration Center
The Bulletin of the Collaborative Research: Vol. 1 (2000) -18 (2017).
The Bulletin of the Nursing Practice Research Support Work: Vol. 1 (2001) – 17 (2017).
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