Graduate School of NursingAcademics
Doctoral Program in Nursing Science
Degree: Doctor of Philosophy in Nursing Science
Purposes of education and research
Based on an understanding of the care rooted in the history and culture of Okinawa, this doctoral program aims to foster cultivate educators and researchers with advanced research skills who will conduct independent research on nursing and who will contribute to the development of nursing in order to improve people's health and quality of life.
Objectives
(1) To cultivate educators and researchers with advanced research skills who will conduct independent research on nursing and contribute to the development of nursing science in order to improve people's health and quality of life based on the caring culture in Okinawa.
(2) To prepare graduates to lead the continuing education of nurses who will drive health care in the local community of Okinawa Prefecture and the rest of Japan.
(3) To prepare graduates to lead the improvement and reform of nursing practices based on research on various issues in care settings.
Faculty
| Career Development in Nursing | Professor Misuzu F. Gregg |
Introduction to Nursing Research Advanced Seminar in Nursing Education Theory and Research on Career Development in Nursing Research in Nursing Science |
| Oncology Nursing | Professor Tamai Naomi Senior Associate Professor Kimura Yasutaka |
Oncology Nursing Research in Nursing Science |
| Nursing for Women's Health and Child Health | Professor Konishi Kiyomi Ryugo Chiyuki Abe Masako Shimada Tomoko |
Advanced Seminar in Nursing for Women's Health and Child Health Research in Nursing Science |
| Community-based Integrated Nursing | Professor Uza Miyoko Nagata Miwako Taba Mayumi INAGAKI Kinuyo Oshiro Ryouko |
Community-based Integrated Nursing Research in Nursing Science |
| Psychiatric Mental Health Nursing | Professor Suzuki Keiko Senior Associate ProfessorMurakami Mitsuko |
Theory and Research on Psychiatric Mental Health Nursing Research in Nursing Science |
Subject
Common subject
- Introduction to Nursing Research
- Nursing in Okinawa Caring Culture
- Nursing and Health Policy in OKINAWA
- Advanced Lecture on Bio-environmental of Nursing and Sciences
- Advanced Seminar in Nursing Education
Basic subject
Basic Nursing Science
- Theory and Research on Career Development in Nursing
Applied Clinical Nursing
- Oncology Nursing
- Advanced Seminar in Nursing for Women's Health and Child Health
Life Support Nursing
- Theory and Research on Psychiatric Mental Health Nursing
- Community-based Integrated Nursing
Research subject
- Research in Nursing Science
Master's Degree (Nursing）
Research in nursing with roots in Yanbaru's unique nursing care culture.
Students will understand regional characteristics and acquire creative nursing skills.
Students will study the practices of nursing models based on the theory of caring and models with citizen participation where citizens and residents play the main role. Based on the practices, they will learn the skills they require to practice creative nursing and solve health issues in Northern Okinawa. Students will also learn nursing management skills that will allow them to work with, make adjustments with, and instruct people from other job types, as well as acquire organizational abilities to expand the role of nursing.
Students will learn regional characteristics and nursing education, while acquiring research skills based in the region's culture of nursing care.
Students will gain a deep understanding of the regional characteristics of Northern Okinawa prefecture as a center of education and research, research on the region's culture of nursing care, and learn to become educators or researchers with skills in nursing education. The program will also help them create their own models of ever-developing nursing jobs by further developing their own views on nursing.
Faculty
| Professor | NAGATA Miwako | Nursing Theory, Introduction to Nursing Research I・II, Comprehensive Health Assessment, Gerontological Nursing I・II, Seminar in Nursing, Master's Thesis of Science in Nursing |
| SUZUKI Keiko | Nursing Theory, Introduction to Nursing Research I・II, Nursing Administration, Consultation, Comprehensive Health Assessment, Psychiatric and Mental Health Nursing I・II, Seminar in Nursing, Master's Thesis of Science in Nursing | |
| YOKOGAWA Yumiko | Nursing Theory, Introduction to Nursing Research I・II, Nursing Administration, International Nursing I・II, Seminar in Nursing, Master's Thesis of Science in Nursing | |
| KONISHI Kiyomi | Nursing Theory, Introduction to Nursing Research I・II, Nursing Ethics, Advanced Maternal and Family Nursing I・II, Seminar in Nursing, Master's Thesis of Science in Nursing | |
| OSHIRO Ryoko | Nursing Theory, Introduction to Nursing Research I・II, Nursing in Okinawa Culture, Comprehensive Health Assessment, Community Care I・II, Seminar in Nursing, Master's Thesis of Science in Nursing | |
| MATSUSHITA Seiko | Nursing Theory, Introduction to Nursing Research I・II, Child and Family Health Nursing I・II, Seminar in Nursing, Master's Thesis of Science in Nursing | |
| TABA Mayumi | Nursing Theory, Introduction to Nursing Research I・II, Public Health Nursing I・II, Seminar in Nursing, Master's Thesis of Science in Nursing | |
| TAMAI Naomi | Nursing Theory, Introduction to Nursing Research I・II, Oncology Nursing I・II, Seminar in Nursing, Master's Thesis of Science in Nursing | |
| HANASHIRO Kazuhiko | Introduction to Nursing Research I・II, Pathophysiology, Special Lectures for Clinical Nursing I・II, Seminar in Nursing, Master's Thesis of Science in Nursing | |
| ABE Masako | Nursing Theory,Introduction to Nursing Research I・II, Advanced Maternal and Family Nursing I・II, Seminar in Nursing, Master's Thesis of Science in Nursing | |
| TAKASE Kouichi | Health Promotion | |
| TOKESHI Masanori | Reading in English | |
| KANO Hideaki | Nursing Education | |
| OKUMOTO Tadashi | Health Nutrition | |
| Senior Associate Professor | IREI Masaru | Nursing Theory, Introduction to Nursing Research II, Psychiatric and Mental Health Nursing I・II, Seminar in Nursing, Master's Thesis of Science in Nursing |
| SHIMIZU Kaori | Nursing Theory, Introduction to Nursing Research I・II, Nursing Education, Nursing Administration, Advanced Nursing Education I・II, Seminar in Nursing, Master's Thesis of Science in Nursing | |
| KITOU Kazuko | Nursing Theory, Introduction to Nursing Research I・II, Psychiatric and Mental Health Nursing I・II, Seminar in Nursing, Master's Thesis of Science in Nursing | |
| MURAKAMI Mitsuko | Nursing Theory, Introduction to Nursing Research I・II, Psychiatric and Mental Health Nursing I・II, Seminar in Nursing, Master's Thesis of Science in Nursing | |
| KIMURA Yasutaka | Nursing Theory, Introduction to Nursing Research I・II, Pathophysiology, Oncology Nursing I・II, Seminar in Nursing, Master's Thesis of Science in Nursing | |
| HIGA Norie | Nursing Theory, Community Care I・II, Seminar in Nursing | |
| MOTOMURA Jun | Introduction to Nursing Research I・II, Public Health Nursing I・II |
Subject
Common required subject
- Nursing Theory
- Introduction to Nursing Research I
- Introduction to Nursing Research II
Common elective subject
- Nursing in Okinawa Culture
- Nursing Education
- Nursing Ethics
- Nursing Administration
- Consultation
- Health Promotion
- Comprehensive Health Assessment
- Health Nutrition
- Pathophysiology
- Reading in English
The field of base nursing science
- Advanced Clinical Practicum for Fundamentals of Nursing I
- Advanced Clinical Practicum for Fundamentals of Nursing II
The field of clinical nursing science
- Gerontological Nursing I
- Gerontological Nursing II
Seminar / Research Subjects
- Seminar in Nursing
- Master's Thesis of Science in Nursing