Annual Report 2023

Certified Nurse Curriculum

Atsushi Ohtsu, Miki Kondo, Miho Iwatsume, Yuko Tanaka

Curriculum for certified nurses

1. Palliative care nursing

 The 2023 certified nurse education curriculum in palliative care nursing was cancelled.

2. Cancer chemotherapy nursing

 In December 2023, 8 students who completed the curriculum passed the Japanese Nursing Association qualification examination. Since the start of the education curriculum in 2016, 59 nurses have been certified in cancer chemotherapy nursing.  8 students were enrolled in this course in September 2023, and 8 students completed it in March 2024.

3. Cancer radiation therapy nursing

 The 2023 certified nurse education curriculum in cancer radiation therapy nursing was cancelled.

Future Prospects

 We will support the 173 certified nurses in those three fields to enable them to contribute to improving the quality of nursing at each institution as they provide high-level nursing by using their outstanding nursing skills as well as playing the roles in practice, guidance, and consultation.