GIFU COLLEGE OFNURSINGCollege of Nursing
Message from the President
Gifu College of Nursing was founded in 2000 with a view to the contribution to enhancing the quality ofnursing service to ensure the general welfare in Gifu Prefecture. The college established the master’s course
in 2004 and the doctoral course in 2006, as well as its transition to an independent administrative agency in2010, has continuously assumed the designation of a higher educational institute of nursing in Gifu Prefecture and has also provided the learning environment that enhances the competence of problem solving in
nursing practice.
The nature of nursing science lies in establishing the theoretical methodology and scientific basis for thework of a public health nurse, a midwife, and a nurse; leading a research activity to ensure the healthy life ofeach person, and raising the quality of nursing science.
As recent needs of people involved in caring has been diverse, the nursing profession has not only to masteraccurate technique and knowledge, but to understand the various aspects of human care and ethical judgment.
In an undergraduate course, basics of nursing science are provided for preparing for the national examination. As the nursing science requires continuous lifelong study, we have established a unique curriculum thatprovides liberal arts at higher grade years, and nursing research based on practicum. In postgraduate course,
we aim to develop human resources who are able to see through the nature of nursing service for people wholive in day-to-day life, to grapple with improvement of nursing practice from a professional perspective, andto realize the high quality nursing service in general.
Gifu College of Nursing has devoted to the wide range of nursing association and the improvement of nursing practice being based on the result of collaborative study with nurses in Gifu Prefecture. We are now,
through these educational and research activities, to provide a variety of opportunities for lifelong study fornurses in Gifu Prefecture.

Mission Statement

Kuroe Yuriko

Gifu College of Nursing is a prefectural higher educational institute. Regarding the tasks of health maintenance, medical care, and welfare fields in Gifu prefecture, the faculty teaches creative problem-solving
method from a theoretical background based on research and educates its students to be a driving force forreform. In order to achieve theseaims, the College pursues ideal
health care that fits the local
culture and lifestyle, andperforms vigorous research
activities concerning nursing
practice. The College provides
learning activities rich withpractical and applied educational
materials based on researchfindings. Nursing is a disciplinethat requires nurses’ continuous
professionalism throughout theirlife. The College guides thestudents to this professionalism
through its unique educational
program.

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The Goals of Education
The college’s objective is to educate nursing professionals to have a basic knowledge and skills of humancaring necessary for nursing practice. Furthermore, nurses are required to have the accountability to solve
nursing problems, and always be able to practice creative problem-solving activities.
The students will:
1) have the ability to practice as a generalist with the basic knowledge and skills necessary for nursing
practice.
2) develop a deep understanding of human beings regarding their daily life, and improve their judgment
skills.
3) have the ability to understand and support essential problem-solving capacities of the clients and theirfamily and local communities.
4) have the ability to cooperate with other professionals in health, medical care, and welfare arenas, withpeople living in the local area, and with people related to the patient’s care.
5) develop a basic knowledge of nursing research in order to improve nursing practice through practicing
nursing.
The baccalaureate program provides a firm base of knowledge and skills needed to perform the abovementioned functions.

Undergraduate School of Nursing
Degree : Bachelor of Nursing Science
Quota : 80 students
Qualification after Graduation : Eligibilities for taking the national licensure examinations for registerednurses and public health nurses; (Optional) Licensure as first-degree school nurse, or eligibility for taking thenational licensure examination to be a nurse-midwife

Graduate School of Nursing

Organization Chart

Master’s Course
Degree : Master of Nursing Science
Course of Study : Three years
Quota : Twelve students

Undergraduate School of Nursing
Community-based Fundamental Nursing
Management in Nursing
Nursing of Children and Child Rearing Families

President

Nursing of Adults

Doctorate Course

Graduate School of Nursing

Degree : Doctor of Nursing Science
Course of Study : Three years
Quota : Two students

The Nursing Research and Collaboration Center
Library
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Curriculum
The discipline of nursing pursues a scientific and theoretical basis for the practice of nursing, public healthnursing, and nurse-midwifery. Gifu College of Nursing systematically teaches the basics of nursing practicein its four-year curriculum.
The program of study consists of nursing subjects, nursing related subjects, and liberal arts and sciences.
Nursing subjects allow students to acquire the knowledge of basic nursing. Nursing related subjects are
related to nursing, and aim for the development of multidisciplinary knowledge. Liberal arts and sciences
allow students to acquire a broad vision to practice independently within the arena of nursing.

Construction of Subjects
Subjects

Professional Subjects

Required Credits
64

Community-based Fundamental Nursing（ 22 ）

Management in Nursing（ 5）

Nursing of Children and Child Rearing Families（ 18 ）

Adult Nursing（ 18 ）

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Total

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Nursing Research
Synthesis of Nursing（ 1）

Nursing related Subjects

18

Social Welfare（ 5）

Health Science（ 4）

Human Body and Medical Treatment（ 4）

Living Science（ 5）

Liberal Arts and Sciences

Elective Credits

18

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Lifelong Sports

（ 1）

（ 1）

English（ 8）

Japanese（ 1）

Information Processing（ 2）

Understanding Human Beings（ 4）

Understanding the Community（ 7）

Understanding the World（ 7）

Experience Program

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The Curriculum Structure and its Characteristics
Regarding the process of learning during the four-year curriculum, students in the freshman and sophomore
year study nursing subjects, nursing related subjects, and the basics of liberal arts and science, which are thebases of a nursing profession. Students in the junior and senior year study liberal arts and sciences andpractice nursing research. In nursing research, each student selects a theme independently to research according to their own interests.
Electives for School Nurse

Electives for Midwife

Basics of Liberal Arts
Liberal Arts

4th year

Nursing Research
Synthesis of Nursing

3rd year

Nursing Subjects
Nursing Practicum
Methodology

Nursing Subjects
2nd year

Methodology

Nursing Subjects
1st year

Methodology
Introduction

Nursing related Subjects

Basics of Liberal Arts

Institutions for Nursing Practicum
In order to study the broad field of nursing practice covering public heath, medical care, and social welfare,this college cooperates with the following institutions.
・Public health centers

・Centers for facilitating local activities

・Local governments

・Elementary schools

・Home nursing stations

・Junior high schools

・Healthcare facilities for the elderly

・High schools

・Nursing homes for the elderly

・Special-needs schools

・Facilities for children with intellectual disability

・Preschools

・Facilities for physically-challenged children

・Centers for assisting child-rearing

・Medical clinics

・Infant homes

・Maternity clinics

・Corporations

・Sheltered workshops
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Nursing Subjects

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Community-based Fundamental Nursing

Nursing of Children and Child Rearing Families

Introduction to Community-based Fundamental Nursing
Nursing Process
Nursing Skills for Daily life
Nursing Skills with Medical Treatment
Home-visit Nursing Care
Nursing Care in the Community
Community Health Nursing
Nursing in Administrative Systems
Psychiatric and Mental Health Nursing 1
Psychiatric and Mental Health Nursing 2
Nursing Practicum
Nursing Research

Introduction to Nursing of Children and Child Rearing Families
Nursing in Administrative Systems
Nursing in Health Care Activities
Nursing of Fatherhood and MotherhoodChildbirth Related NursingChild Care at Developmental Stage
Nursing of Children with Alterations in HealthSeminar of Nursing Skills
Introduction to Midwifery
Midwifery Methods
Introduction to School Nursing
Introduction to Teaching Profession
Teaching-Learning Methods
Introduction to Education
Moral Education
Student Guidance
Educational Consultation and CounselingLearning in Practice for Teaching
Nursing Practicum
Nursing Research

Management in Nursing

Adult Nursing

Introduction to Management in Nursing
Nursing Information and Management
Career Management
Organization and Management
Comprehensive Management in Nursing
Nursing Information Seminar
Nursing Research

Introduction to Adult Nursing
Nursing in Administrative System
Nursing in Health Care Activities
Nursing of Adults with Alterations in HealthNursing with Medical Treatment
Nursing of Elderly in Daily Life
Nursing of Dementia and Bedridden Elderly
Seminar of Nursing Skills
Nursing Practicum
Nursing ResearchNursing-related Subjects
The purpose of these required nursing related subjects is to acquire the basic academic skills to apply knowledge of interdisciplinary areas to practice nursing with a wider perspective. Nursing related subjects include
health maintenance, medical care, and welfare, and an area for basic understanding of human daily lifestyles.
These subjects consist of four areas of study: Social Welfare, Health Science, Human Body and Medical
Treatment, and Living Science.

Social Welfare
Introduction to Social Welfare
Social Security System
Law and Human Rights
Local Administration and Finance

Health Science
Introduction to Health Science
Environmental Health
Epidemiology
Health Management

Human Body and Medical Treatment
Exchange System in Human body
Response System in Human body
Self and Race Preservation System
Introduction to Medical Treatment

Living Science
Modern Family
Human Development
EthicsNutrition and Dietary Life

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Liberal Arts and Sciences
The purpose of studying liberal arts and sciences is to develop a abroad vision as a professional nurse, and toacquire both problem-solving abilities and basic attitudes needed to be a responsible citizen. In addition, thestudy of liberal arts and sciences allows one to be able to evaluate one’s own practice independently bylearning philosophy, ways of thinking, and issues relating to each discipline. Liberal arts and sciences consistof compulsory and elective courses.

Basics of Liberal Arts
Lifelong sports

Japanese

Lifelong sports
Lifelong sports Exercise

Expression in Japanese Writing

EnglishInformation and Human Beings
Information Processing Seminar

Reading and Writing in English
Basic Conversation in English
Advanced Conversation in English
General English

Information Processing

Liberal Arts
Understanding Human Beings

Understanding the World

Human history
Cognition and Expression
Human Communication
Relationship of Human and Instruments
Gender Issues in Modern Society
Literature and Human Beings

Philosophy in the Modern Life
Human Life and Religion
Asian Cultures
British and American Literature
Modern International Relations : Politics
Modern International Relations : Economics
Foreign Language and Culture : China
Foreign Language and Culture : Korea
Foreign Language and Culture : Spain
Life and Art : Comprehensive Art
Life and Art : Music
Global Environmental Issues
History of Science
Material Science of Common Life Chemicals

Understanding the Community
Nature in Gifu
Livings and Economy in Gifu
Regional Culture in Gifu
Nature and Forest in Japan
Idea and Society in Japan
Japanese History and Culture
City and Life
Characteristics and Problems in Japanese Settlements
Traditional Japanese Road and Life of Edo Era
Life Style and Economic LifeManagement and Human Beings

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Experience Program
Transcultural Work Seminar
Voluntary Work Seminar
Forest Culture Seminar

Four Specialties of Nursing Studies
Four specialties are allotted in accordance with the change of social conditions surrounding nursing practiceand the development of nursing correlated with problems in the nursing field.

Community-based Fundamental Nursing
The fundamental area of study is based on nursing activities that sustain a person’s life in a family and alocal community. This course focuses on the following contents: the nature of nursing practice for healthmaintenance, the nursing process, basic nursing skills for health maintenance, home health care, nursing in
local communities, and nursing for mental health.

Management in Nursing
This area of study investigates such function of nursing practice as management, human resource development, and information. The scope of the study explores the fundamental element of nursing practice in local
communities, industry, clinical scene,and school. Management in Nursing aims to pursue the theory andscheme of nursing practice in order for an individual and organization to perform quality nursing contributing to human resource development.

Nursing of Children and Child Rearing Families
The aim of this area is to research deeply the basic ideas and methodology concerning the children of thenext generation and the people involved. This area inquires into how to care for children and their guardiansby learning about nursing in administrative systems for children and child-rearing families, nursing to sustain
and facilitate healthy growth and development, and nursing for children and child-rearing families withalterations in health.

Nursing of Adults
This area of study emphasizes on nursing practice for the people at their mature life stage in accordance with
the individual lifecycle. Nursing in administrative systems for adults, nursing for sustaining adults’ health,and nursing for adults and their family with alterations in health are conducted.

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Job Placement Guidance●Intermingling with graduates
The accounts of real job experiences of graduates are
beneficial for undergraduate students in deciding their future
job, as well as for graduates in reviewing their own workand nurturing motivation.

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Guidance in each academic year
Job guidance starts at sophomore year, and explanation in detailed points is added in the junior and senioryear for students to acquire skills in their job hunting based on their own needs.

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Nursing InternshipBy experiencing real fields of nursing, the students are prepared to decide
their own future. The facilities are universal hospitals, mental institutions,public health centers, and health care facilities for the elderly. This system
is for the junior year students.

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Guidance to institutions in Gifu Prefecture
Executive nursing managers from hospitals come to the college, enabling
the students to have a chance to sound off on their own ideas and ask about
working conditions directly and personally.

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Personal guidance
All the faculty members support each student with their potential for future employment.

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Support for students in taking national examination
Proper information is provided for the students in taking national examinations, including computer-assisted database systems.

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Career counseling room
Recruitment information is collected and assorted in accordance withtypes and prefectures. The students can use this facility freely.

9Job Positions for Graduates
The graduates of Gifu College of Nursing have found their job positions at the following institutions.

Gifu Prefecture
Nurses:Gifu Prefectural General Medical Center,
Gifu Prefectural Tajimi Hospital,
Gifu Prefectural Gero Hot Spring Hospital, Hasima City Hospital,
Ogaki Municipal Hospital, Gifu University Hospital,
Chuno Kosei Hospital, Kumiai Kosei Hospital,
Japanese Red Cross Takayama Hospital,
Matsunami General Hospital and others

Public Health Nurses:

Gifu Prefecture, Seki City, Gifu City, Toki City, Ogaki City,
The Labor Standards Association of Gifu and others.

Nurse-Midwives:

Gifu Prefectural General Medical Center, Gifu University Hospital,
Japanese Red Cross Takayama Hospital, Tokai Central Hospital,
Nagara Medical Center, Kumiai Kosei Hospital and others.

School Nurses:

Prefectural high schools, schools for special support education,
public elementary schools, public junior high schools

Other Prefectures
Aichi, Shizuoka, Mie, Tokyo, Osaka, Kanagawa, Chiba, Ibaraki, Hyogo, Nagano, Shiga, Fukui,
Ishikawa, Kyoto, Ehime, Fukuoka, Toyama, Nara, Okayama, Shimane, Tokushima, Saga,
Okinawa

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The Nursing Research and Collaboration Center
Linking Nursing Fields with the College
The Nursing Research and Collaboration Center aims to promote effectively the enhancement of the qualityof nursing practice by linking nursing professionals and the college. This activity is based on this center’sinnovative function as a foundation of education and technical study including lifelong learning of nurses.

Enhancing collaborative research with nurses
By performing collaborative research with nurse in Gifu Prefecture, this college strives toward reforming theactual field of nursing to achieve the goal of raising quality of nursing service.

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Library
The Library of Gifu College of Nursing is founded for the facilitation of education and research of thecollege. Approximately 85,000 books are in its possession, on nursing and medical fields as well as liberalarts. About 360 titles of technical journals and periodicals are available. Personal computers for searchingfor books, with the function of utilizing online databases, are provided. Our library is also open for use by
the general public.
Open: Monday-Saturday, 8:45AM-9:00PM (regular), 10:00AM-8:00PM(recess season)
Further information is on the official website.

Facilities open for citizens
A communication salon for nurses is open for the nurses in Gifu Prefecture. Tennis courts and a ground field
are also available for citizens around the campus.

12Facilities
Gifu College of Nursing is situated in Hashima City. The campus has an open feeling “garden of flower andgreenery” which emphasizes a relationship between natural surroundings and the learning experience. The
students can feel an open-air atmosphere everywhere in its campus area.

The Kuwabara River
Dining Hall

North Gate
Library

Open-air Stage

Administration OfficePlaza
Lecture Halls

Auditorium

Faculty Offices

Parking

Practice Rooms

GymnasiumTennis Courts

East Gate

Reservoir Pond

Field
Main Gate

Open-air Stage

Plaza

Dining Hall

Library, Multi-Media Room

Administration Offices, Conference Rooms

Practice Rooms
Lecture Rooms

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Auditorium
Lecture Rooms, Faculty Offices

GymnasiumLecture Rooms are eight in total, and thebiggest one is for 187 people. Digital devices
can be used.

Seminar Rooms are 16 in total, for seminars,
lectures, and group activities of students.

Multi-Media Room is furnished with 54 computers language lab included. Classes of information processing and English are conducted.

Practice Room 1 is mainly for the maternity
classes for nursing of children and midwifery,
furnished with bathing tabs and special beds
for delivery.

Practice Room 2 is for food cookery, eighttables with different functions. Methods for
preparing food for various ages and hospital
meals are taught in this special room.

Practice Rooms 4 and 5 are for practicing
nursing methods in basic daily life activities
and basic medical care.

Practice Room 3 is tatami-stylepractice room for home care, with abath tab and a kitchen table.

The Dining Hall is mainly for students andteachers, also open for the general public.
There are 200 seats in total.

The Auditorium has a 400-person capacity, forformal events and conferences. Digital devices
are furnished.

The Gymnasium has the size of two volleyballcourts. This is for gymnastics classes withlocal citizens.

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Campus Life
Student Calendar
APR● Entrance Ceremony● Reception Party: for introducing extracurricular activities and the student union● Beginning of Nursing Practice

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MAY
05

● General Meeting of Students: for observing the implicit rules in campus life

JUN
06
JUL
07
AUG

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● “Open Campus”: students take a role in the“free-talk” session, exchanging theinformation on campus life and entrance
examination.

Summer Vacation

SEP
09
OCT
10
NOV
11

● “Gikan-sai”(College Festival): with sports activities and stage performance,with all students taking part.

● Association Meeting with graduatesDEC● Christmas Concert: choir, singing with playing,
and rock band by the students

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JAN
FEB

01
02

MAR

03

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Winter Vacation● Nursing Internship● Exchanging Meeting: the fourth year students give the third year students advice about theirexperiences in job hunting and preparation for the national qualification examinations.
● Graduation Ceremony

Graduate School of Nursing
Message from the Dean of the Graduate School
The Graduate School of Nursing of Gifu College of Nursing is founded on collaborative studies and seminars with nurses in Gifu Prefecture, as a project for the practice and study of nursing. The graduate school
aims both to develop high-quality nursing skills in its students and function as a resource for our graduates’
continuing lifelong learning.
In the master’s course in particular, the graduate students are required, through analysis of the immediatesituations and tasks, to study the methods needed to enrich the quality of nursing through problem-solving or
improvement. They also conduct practical inquiries into the development of nursing based on their own
technical studies. Practical diagnosis is directly related to the reformation and development of present nursing practices and the fostering of self-education. Almost all of the graduates of this school since 2005 havecontinuously striven to improve the nursing practices in their work places.

Hattori Ritsuko

Mission Statement
The graduate school aims to establish nursing practices with high practicality and applicability throughimprovement of the quality of nursing services. We pursue the ideals of recipient-oriented care based onhuman dignity and respect for human rights. The aim of this course is also the education of creative leaderswith the ability to reform nursing practices from a wider perspective. The issues of nursing science are
involved in services related to medical treatment, health maintenance, welfare, and personal care, and thus
require the development of highly-skilled nurses who can contribute to improvements in the quality of thenursing field in Gifu Prefecture and elsewhere.

16Constitution of the Graduate School of Nursing
CourseDegreeCourse of Study

Quota

Master’s course

Master of Nursing Science

Three-year program

twelve students

Doctorate course

Doctor of Nursing Science

Three-year program

two students

Community-Based
Fundamental Nursing

Management in
NursingNursing of Children andChild-Rearing Families

Nursing of Adults

CNS course

Chronic Care Nursing,Child Health Nursing,Cancer Nursing〔Nursing Theory〕〔Methodology〕〔Methodology〕〔Methodology〕〔Methodology〕〔Nursing Support Theory〕〔Seminar on Nursing Support〕〔Seminar〕〔Seminar〕〔Seminar〕〔Seminar〕〔Nursing Research〕 〔Nursing Research〕 〔Nursing Research〕 〔Nursing Research〕 〔Special Nursing Practice〕〔Nursing Research〕【Major SubjectsⅠ】
Nursing Education

Nursing Management

Nursing Theory

Nursing Research
Methodology

Clinical Pharmacology

Health Assessment in
NursingNursing Ethics【Basic Subjects】〔Human Life and Ethics〕〔Administration in Care Service〕〔Local Life and Public Health〕〔Local Life and Welfare〕〔Subjects for Teaching Profession〕

Constitution of Master’s Course【Major Subjects】〔Methodology in Integrated Practical Nursing Studies〕〔Seminar on Nursing Administration and Policy〕〔Seminar on Nursing Ethics〕〔Seminar on Nursing Education〕〔Dissertation Research〕【Basic Subjects】〔Methodology in Practical Teaching〕〔Organization Management〕〔Inquiry into Health Care Needs〕

Constitution of Doctorate Course

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Policy-Making in
NursingRequirements and Features for Lifelong Learning for Nurses
1. Curriculum for Full-time Worker Students as a Nurse
Three years are required for the completion of master’s course, which is conditional for students witha full-time job status. The doctorate course requires three years. The classes of both courses are
conducted mainly on Fridays, Saturdays, as are intensive classes in summer, in accordance with
Article 14 of the national standards for graduate school administration. Evening classes are also
conducted.

Emphasis on Nursing Practice
Candidates must have professional job experience as a nurse or a school nurse; at least two years ofexperience for university graduates, or four years of experience for non-university graduates in themaster’s course. In the doctorate course, at least five years of experience is required.

Certified Nurse Specialist Course (Master)
CNS courses for chronic care nursing, child health nursing, and cancer nursing are available in themaster’s course. Further information is available on request.

Research Support System via Videoconferencing
The videoconferencing systems at some medical institutions in Gifu Prefecture enable our graduate
students working at distant workplaces to receive research advice from this college.

Teaching System of the Graduate School
The master’s course accepts students according to four special categories: community-based fundamental
nursing, management in nursing, nursing of children and child rearing families, and nursing of adults. CNS
course students are divided into: chronic care nursing students to community-based fundamental nursing,child health nursing students to nursing of children and child-rearing families, and cancer nursing students tonursing of adults. In the doctorate course, the four special fields are united into one field: integrated practicalnursing. Sixteen professors are in charge.
Specialists from fields other than nursing also serve as guest lecturers in this course. Lawyers, businessadministrators, official nursing administrators, and mayors take charge of some classes in the master’scourse, which is meant to transcend conventional frames of medical service.

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Master’s Course of Graduate School of Nursing
The Goals of Education
Focusing on the realistic problems in nursing practice, this course cultivates the following abilities of thestudents through specific problem solving processes.
1. Ability to accomplish high-level nursing practice
2. Ability to improve and reform for the quality and development of nursing
3. Ability to manage various human relationships towards improving care
4. Ability to innovate upon nursing service based on a broad perspective and high ethical standards
5. Ability to take charge in a directive position in various special fields of nursing

Outline of Curriculum■Major SubjectsⅡ

Major subject fields are categorized as follows: community-based fundamental nursing, management innursing, nursing of children and child-rearing families, and nursing of adults. Students will study intensively the field they chose at the entrance examination. All of the courses consist of methodology, seminars, and nursing research. All of the classes of the chosen course are compulsory for the student. In the
CNS course for chronic care nursing, child health nursing, and cancer nursing, the previously designatedclasses are also compulsory.
■Major SubjectsⅠ

Eight classes are allotted in order to enhance high-level ability in nursing practice and nursing studies:
Nursing Education, Nursing Management, Nursing Theory, Nursing Research Methodology, Nursing
Ethics, Policy-making in Nursing, Clinical Pharmacology, and Health Assessment in Nursing. Four classes
from among these are compulsory. CNS students must take three classes, and should then individuallyplan their own registration required for a CNS license .
■Basic Subjects

Basic subjects are assigned for developing ethical decision-making and management skills from generalperspective. The students are encouraged to acquire a fresh standpoint which strives to go beyond standard
frameworks of medical service.

Requirements for Completion
・Thirty-three credits are required in total:
Twenty-seven credits are required as compulsory subjects (Basic Subjects:2, Major Subjects Ⅰ:8, Major
Subjects Ⅱ: 17), and six credits as elective subjects
・Students must take the following courses in their own research field: 4credits in methodology, 3 credits inseminar, 10 credits in nursing research・Certified Nurse Specialist course requires the following conditions.
Chronic Care Nursing: Thirty-five credits in total (Basic Subjects:2, Major SubjectsⅠ: 6, Major Subjects Ⅱ: 25, elective:2).
Child Health Nursing: Thirty-seven credits in total (Basic Subjects:2, Major SubjectsⅠ: 6, Major Subjects Ⅱ:
27, elective:2).
Cancer Nursing: Thirty-seven credits in total (Basic Subjects:2, Major SubjectsⅠ: 6, Major Subjects Ⅱ: 27,
elective:2).

19Outline of Four Fields
Community-Based Fundamental Nursing
As the essential basis of nursing practice, this field aims to establish concrete methodology in nursing byclarifying its characteristics as conducted in communities. By performing nursing assistance in daily lifeand by framing a care system with their health-welfare knowledge, the students are expected to acquire
professional skills for high-quality nursing practice and technical investigation. Nurses for chronic
patients and home care nursing, or public health nurses within administrative institutions are typicalfuture models of the students in this field.

Management in Nursing
In order to investigate into methodology for developing special functions of nursing, this field focuses on
the study of care service systems and of nursing organizations. Being based on the basic knowledge ofhuman resource development and management in nursing, students are required to heighten the special
functions of nursing ability in such realms as healthcare, medical treatment, welfare, and care institutions.
Furthermore, facilitation of career development and effective methods for achieving a team ideal are alsoemphasized.

Nursing of Children and Child-Rearing Families
Concentrating on the aspect of rearing the next generation within one’s life cycle, this field investigates
the issue of nursing assistance unique to this phase of life. This course takes an overall view of theestablished fields of maternal nursing, pediatric nursing, and school nursing; and inquires in a unique way
into various research aspects characteristic of this phase. This course enhances abilities to act as nurse,
midwife, public health nurse, and school nurse, performing highly specialized nursing practice andresearch activities to support the people bringing up the next generation.

Nursing of Adults
The central issue of nursing of adults is on the nursing of people at a mature phase of life with various
complicated challenges. The support for their healthy lives is investigated from a nursing perspective.
The community-based nursing support in medical, welfare, and care institutions is the main focus of thiscourse, aiming to foster the students’ active research activities for a heightened identity in the study ofnursing.

Outline of Three CNS(Certified Nurse Specialist)Courses
CNS Course for Chronic Care Nursing
This course inquires into the methodology to support health care functions in our daily life in the contemporary society facing an increasing number of chronic illnesses. With the training for the high skills andknowledge on chronic illnesses, the focal points are health problems and supportive methods for thepatients, comprehensive assessment of chronic illness patients, education for the prevention of illnesses,
and complete medical support for the patients.

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CNS Course for Child Health Nursing
CNS in child health nursing is highly in demand with the technical skills and knowledge in order to copewith the current complex situation in Japan. The environment surrounding children and their families isunder severe transformation due to the rapidly decreasing number of children in society. Adults who
have no experience in associating with small children will increase in number in the near future. The lackof medical care for children is also a cause for serious concern, together with the cut in budget for medical expenses and the slow reaction of the government to the aging society, and the rapid development of
medical technique in general. The contents depicted in this course are based on caring for children andthe family, related social systems, and policy making.

CNS for Cancer Nursing
Cancer nursing nurses with expert knowledge are expected to take active part in the general care ofcancer patients and their families, as recent rapid progress in medical treatment of cancer makes it
possible to increase the rate of recovery and survival of the cancer patients. Being aware of the social
systems and policies related to cancer patients, great emphasis is laid on home care nursing of the patients
who may hope to stay longer as long as possible in their familiar surroundings. Medical management andpalliative care for the patients are also a focus.

21Doctorate Course of Graduate School of Nursing
The Goals of Education
As the clinical scene is full of complex elements in putting nursing theory into practice, the most essential
point in the doctorate course is the acquisition of the ability to grasp the nature of problems in medical practice and the characteristics of nursing practice. This course will thus aim to develop competence in leading anursing practice and study activities. Another aspect greatly emphasized is to build up skillful nursing directorship with the overall capacity to accomplish improvement and reform of the field of nursing.
1. Ability to lead the study of renovation and reformation of nursing practice from the deep
understanding of complex elements in healthcare, medical treatment, and welfare institutions
2. Ability to clarify and solve problems in prefectural-level nursing practice in pubic nursing
administrations and policy-making processes
3. Ability to deal with ethical problems from a technical study perspective in order to achieve
recipient-oriented nursing
4. Ability to teach both undergraduate and graduate courses in higher education institutes for the
improvement and reformation of nursing practice

Outline of Curriculum■Major Subjects

1. Methodology in Integrated Practical Nursing Studies I/II
The goals of nursing while exploring issues concerning health promotion, growth and development,
and convalescence time based on the human life cycle are treated in I. Management of the conditions
and surrounding environment in order to support families, communities, and general situations involving child-rearing, care giving, and medical treatment are the focus in II.
2. Seminar on Integrated Practical Nursing Studies
This special seminar attempts to inquire into the perspective for reformation of nursing practice based
both on care-recipient demand and on basic skills as a teacher of nursing. This course consists of threeclasses: Nursing Administration and Policy, Nursing Ethics, and Nursing Education. The first one ison the reconsideration of concrete problems in prefectural policy making processes. Ethical issues in
the medical field concerning the patient rights of the recipients are the central points of the second.
The final class emphasizes the systematic method in exploring and teaching nursing practice. These
classes require written work, which leads to supplementary treatises for the doctorate dissertation.
3. Dissertation Research on Integrated Practical Nursing Studies
The students are required to select and decide their own topics, make research process plans and write
a doctorate dissertation. Academic supervision is on an individual basis.
■Basic Subjects

Three elective classes are provided in order to broaden perspective in the study of nursing practice.
Methodology in Practical Teaching deals with pedagogical issues and methods in general society. Organization Management lays its emphasis on the characteristics of nursing service at health maintenance,
medical, welfare, and care institutions. Basic skills in technical research activities are the main point inInquiry into Health Care Needs.

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Railway route map
Takayama
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Hokuriku
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Tokai-Hokuriku
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Chuo Main Line

GIFU COLLEGE OF NURSINGTokyo

Chuo expressway
Tokaido Main Line

Tokai-Kanjo expressway

Gifu-Hashima
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Kyoto

NagoyaMeishin expressway

Tomei expressway

Shin-Osaka

Chubu International Airport（Centrair）

To Meitetsu-Gifu Sta.

Time required from Chubu Int'l Airport
90 minutes via Meitetsu

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Hashima-Shiyakushomae Sta.

Time required from Tokyo
120 minutes via Shinkansen

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60 minutes via Shinkansen
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Gifu College of Nursing
3047-1 Egira-cho,Hashima-shi,Gifu-ken,501-6295,Japan
PHONE:+81-58-397-2300
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