Annual Report 2020

Certified Nurse Curriculum

Atsushi Ohtsu, Miki Kondo, and Yuko Tanaka

Curriculum for certified nurse

1. Palliative care nursing

 The 2020 certified nurse education curriculum in palliative care nursing was cancelled.

2. Cancer chemotherapy nursing

 Nine students were enrolled in this course in September 2020, and eight students completed in March 2021.

3. Cancer radiation therapy nursing

 In March 2020, eight students who completed the curriculum passed the Japanese Nursing Association qualification examination. Since the start of the education curriculum in 2018, 21 nurses have been certified in cancer radiation therapy nursing. The 2020 certified nurse education curriculum in cancer radiation therapy nursing was cancelled.

4. Follow-up training

 Follow-up training was cancelled due to the spread of COVID-19 infection.

Future Prospects

 We will support the 141 certified nurses in those three fields in order to enable them contribute to the quality improvement of nursing at each institution as they provide high-level nursing by using their outstanding nursing skills as well as playing roles in practice, guidance, and consultation.