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Applicableprinciple

Initiative to Improve the Quality of Care for People with Diabetes/Chronic
Diseases and Care of Cancer Patients for Nurses in Iwate Prefecture
Department of Adult Nursing Course, Faculty of Nursing, Iwate Prefectural University Kyoko Utsumi, Mai Hosokawa, Mariko Takayashiki, Yuka
Fujisawa, Nobuyo Oikawa

Principle 9: A commitment to promoting sustainability through education
事務局責任者：原瑞恵（岩手県立大学看護学部 准教授）
事務局メンバー：及川佳子（こずかたこども園）、川村貴子（岩手県立療育センター）
大和田毅（独立行政法人国立病院機構釜石病院）、高橋佑里香（岩手県立大学看護学部

1. Initiative to Improve the Qualityof Care for People with Diabetes/Chronic Diseases

12(Members: Kyoko Utsumi, Yuka Fujisawa, Nobuyo Oikawa)(1) Training sessions for the care of people
with diabetes

August 27
and 28

4th Tohoku Chronic Disease Care Study Group
NKJ method beginner training
Lecturer: Mr. Haruo Yamaura (Information
Workshop, Specially Appointed Professor ofChiba University)

17November
12
14:00 17:30

5th Tohoku Chronic Disease Nursing Study
Group/2022 Iwate Prefecture Diabetes Care
Training Session, November regular meeting
Theme: “Letʼs think together with chronic
disease clinical nurse specialists – Care forelderly people with diabetes who have a historyof treatment discontinuation”
Lecturer: Ms. Mika Chiba (head nurse of Iwate
Prefectural Karumai Hospital, chronic diseasesCNS)

8November
13
13:30 16:00

3rd Tohoku Chronic Disease Care Study
Group “Case studies from the perspective ofphenomenological human understanding andnursing”
Advisor: Professor Nobuhiro Otokita (Facultyof Humanities and Social Sciences, Iwate
University)

In order to provide new knowledge and information related
to the care of people with diabetes, and to build a networkof nurses and healthcare professionals involved in diabetes
care within the prefecture, a number of training sessions havebeen held. These include the Iwate Prefecture Diabetes Care
Training Sessions which began in 2006, the Tohoku Diabetes
Staff Education Seminars which began in 2007, and the Iwate
Prefecture Diabetes Care Coastal Area Training Sessions
which have been running since 2008. The sessions are heldfor nurses and healthcare professionals involved in the careof people with diabetes. In particular, in the Tohoku Diabetes
Staff Education Seminars, there are training sessions that help
carers learn about patientsʼ experiences and how they can bebe emotionally supportive of patients.
These training sessions are useful for the continued renewalof qualifications for the Certified Diabetes Educators in Japan.

(2) Training sessions for the care of people
with chronic diseases

Tohoku Chronic Disease Care Study Group sessions are held
as follow-up training sessions mostly for nurses who havecompleted the chronic disease clinical nurse specialist (CNS)
course in graduate school. These sessions include case studies
and nursing studies provided by chronic disease CNSs forgeneral nurses.
The training sessions for FY2022 to improve the care forpeople with diabetes/chronic diseases were held as follows:

6Dateand timeschedule

ProgramJune 11
13:30 16:30

1st Tohoku Chronic Disease Care Study
Group “Case studies from the perspective ofphenomenological human understanding andnursing”
Advisor: Professor Nobuhiro Otokita (Facultyof Humanities and Social Sciences, IwateUniversity)

13

June 199:30 12:30

2nd Tohoku Chronic Disease Care Study Group
Exchange meeting with chronic disease CNSs
Lecturer: Dr. Mariko Sato (Okayama Saiseikai
Outpatient Center Hospital)

8July 16
13:30 16:45

2022 Diabetes Care Training Sessions in July.
Theme: “Diet therapy for people with diabetes
to make you a respected and capable nurse”
Lecturer: Ms. Kyoko Kimura (AssociateProfessor, Faculty of Nutritional Sciences atMorioka University)

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Number ofparticipants

July 23
13:30 16:00

Iwate Prefecture Diabetes Care Training Sessions
February regular meeting/ 13th Iwate Prefecture
Diabetes Care Coastal Area Training Sessions/
16th Tohoku Diabetes Staff Education Seminars
Lecture 1 “Low Vision Care for People withFebruary 5
Diabetic Retinopathy”
12:45 Lecturer: Ms. Naoko Abe (Eye Support Sendai)
16:40
Lecture 2 “Care for Patients with Diabetic
Retinopathy”
Lecturer: Ms. Asami Kobayashi (head nurse ofTokyo Rosai Hospital, certified diabetes carespecialist)

VenuesNumber ofparticipantsJune 18

Cancer care consultations

Rikuzentakata
City

4

July 23

Lecture: Cancer and Female
Sexuality
Lecturer Wakako Yachi(Faculty of Nursing, Iwate
Prefectural University)Letʼs Try Zoom
Lecturer Mai Hosokawa

Hachimantai

1

August 27

Cancer care consultations

Sumita Town

2

September
4

Lecture: Basic Skin CareSeminar
Lecturer Akiko Mori(Morioka Red Cross Hospital)
Ninohe City
Letʼs Try Zoom
Lecturers Yoshihito Endo,
Mai Hosokawa, Nobuyo
Oikawa5October 8Cancer care consultations

November
20

Lecture: Basic Skin CareSeminar
Lecturer Akiko Mori
(Morioka Red Cross Hospital)
Miyako City
Letʼs Try Zoom
Lecturers Yoshihito Endo,
Mai Hosokawa, Nobuyo
Oikawa助手）

3rd Tohoku Chronic Disease Care Study
Group “Case studies from the perspective ofphenomenological human understanding andnursing”
Advisor: Professor Nobuhiro Otokita (Facultyof Humanities and Social Sciences, IwateUniversity)

ContentRikuzentakataCity935Date

Themes and lecturers

Number ofparticipants

September
18“The Current Status and Challenges ofActivities of Certified, Specialist, andClinical Nurses with Highly Advanced
Expertise”
Lecturers: Chisato Ishikawa, Sendai City
Medical Center Sendai Open Hospital
Yoshitaka Muramoto (Kokokara Co., Ltd.),
Miho Takahashi (Home Care Clinic EN)
Hideko Sugawara (Morioka Tsunagi Onsen
Hospital), Mariko Takayashiki (Faculty ofNursing, Iwate Prefectural University)
Masako Nagasawa (Iwate Medical
University Hospital Advanced Nursing
Training Center)

42

October 30“NBM: Narrative-based Medicine ~ Thinking
about high-quality medicine and care basedon patient’s stories and dialogue ~”Lecturer: Yasuko Ishigaki (HonoraryProfessor, Hokkaido Medical University)

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February 23“Thinking about how best to guide nursing
care research to motivate nurses”
Lecturer: Kyoko Utsumi (Iwate PrefecturalUniversity)23(3) ELNEC-J (web) training program(Members: Mai Hosokawa, Nobuyo Oikawa)

ELNEC-J (End-of-Life Nursing Education Consortium Japan)
training sessions (4 sessions in total) for nurses who provide
end-of-life care and palliative care, established as aneducational program of the Japanese Society of Palliative
Medicine in order to equip nurses with the necessary skills forsuch care, have been held regularly since 2021 using a remote
conference system. Nine certified and specialist nurses fromwithin and outside of Iwate prefecture served as lecturers forthe training sessions, and there were 11 participants.

(4) Cancer care training sessions using aremote conference system10(Members: Mai Hosokawa, Nobuyo Oikawa, Yoshihito Endo)

From 2022, training sessions have been held for general
nurses as a cancer care awareness project.

192. Initiative to Improve the Qualityof Care for Cancer Patients(1) Cancer care consultation station(Members: Mai Hosokawa, Mariko Takayashiki, Nobuyo Oikawa)

Themes and lecturers

Number ofparticipants

September 3

Stories of Cancer Patientʼs Families
Lecturer: Family members of cancer patients

15

November
10Cancer and female sexuality
Lecturer: Wakako Yachi (Faculty of Nursing,Iwate Prefectural University)

5

February 4

Basics of Pain Management
Lecturer: Miki Ishii (Isesaki Municipal
Hospital)

19

February 5

Learning Nursing Ethics with CNS
Lecturers: Yuko Shimizu (Gunma PrefecturalCollege of Health Sciences), Masako Honda(National Hospital Organization Shibukawa
Medical Center)11February 19

Care of Patients with Breathing Difficulties
Lecturer: Riko Kikuchi (Morioka TsunagiOnsen Hospital)

21

Cancer care consultations advertisement(2) Iwate society of considering cancers(Member: Mariko Takayashiki)

In order to improve cancer medicine and cancer care inIwate Prefecture, from 2020, cancer clinical nurse specialists
working at our university have operated a cancer careconsultation station for healthcare professionals in the KitaIwate and Sanriku regions and provide remote consultation
services twice a month (3rd Wednesday and 2nd Thursdayof each month, 17:00 - 18:00). In 2022, a total of 35 people
used the consultation station. On-site consultation services
were also provided, and in response to requests fromhealthcare professionals, in addition to regular consultation
services, professionals from the region participated in Zoom
conferences and planned training sessions. The local cancer
care consultation station operations in 2022 are listed below.

DateIn collaboration with certified nurse specialists and certified
nurses in the prefecture, the “Iwate Society of ConsideringCancers” was established in 2021, and the Society continuously
provides healthcare professionals with training sessions
related to palliative care, cancer nursing, clinical ethics,
among other things, both online or in-person. In 2022, three
training sessions were held and there were 143 participants.

Case study meeting with visiting nurses held at Cancer Consultation Station(Ofunato) (October 2022)

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