Graduate Programs in Nursing Sciences at the Graduate School of Comprehensive Human Sciences of the University of Tsukuba

Clinical Nursing Area

【Development Support Nursing】

Focusing on maternity and infant development support and on subjects with health problems and their family, this field is exploring nursing interventions. For a nursing practice adapted to the type of care and needs, we investigate scientific nursing from comprehensive perspective including the cognitive side such as factors having influence on health/life behaviors and human reactions.

【Health Problems Nursing】

We also organize lectures or exercises focusing on nursing related to prevention or recovery for people facing health problems in our Clinical Nursing Area. Specifically, classes are held by teachers specialized in studies related to health problems such as cancer or mental disorders or related to the patient in end-of-life as well as his family.

≪Key Research Topics≫

＊Health problems and support to women during puberty and adolescence.
＊Nursing support to reduce parenting stress or mother-child relationship support.
＊Research on Informed Assent for children.
＊Studies on infant and family confronted to an End-of-Life situation.
＊Development studies on functional disorder of patients with chronic diseases and their family.
＊Research on nursing interventions on cancer patients, cancers survivors and their family.
＊Research on nursing in order to increase self-efficacy for people with mental disorder and their family.
＊Development studies of rehabilitation nursing interventions and evaluation methods in psychiatry.

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