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ID 112052
Title Alternative
Status of nursing services provision by the size of visiting nursing stations in Tokushima Prefecture
徳島県の訪問看護提供状況
Author
Umeda, Yayoi Tokushima Prefecture Government
Mitsukawa, Emiko Mima Public Health Center
Keywords
Visiting nursing stations
Home nursing
Contents of home visiting services
Home care
Content Type
Journal Article
Description
This survey aimed to clarify the current status of providing nursing services and the characteristics of visiting nursing stations (VNSs), which were classified by the size of VNS in Tokushima Prefecture. A questionnaire survey was conducted from January to March 2015 among all 71 VNSs in the prefecture. The questionnaire included questions regarding the implementation framework of home nursing, actual situations of service provision, conditions of patients, and issues and challenges of home care in Tokushima Prefecture. Of 71 VNSs, 34 responded to the questionnaire(response rate, 47.9%). The proportion of VNSs that provided complicated medical procedures was low ; e.g., 27.6% of VNSs provided self-peritoneal dialysis at home, 48.3% provided services for narcotic pain control, and 58.6% provided total parenteral nutrition. Home visits for patients with mental illnesses were provided significantly more by large size VNSs Home visits were frequently provided for households located far from VNSs, thus raising concerns regarding the workload of nurses and the convenient use of VNSs by clients. For patients to comfortably live in local areas that are familiar to them, it was considered that correcting the uneven geographical distribution of VNSs might be important.
Journal Title
Shikoku Acta Medica
ISSN
00373699
NCID
AN00102041
Publisher
徳島医学会
Volume
73
Issue
5-6
Start Page
275
End Page
282
Sort Key
275
Published Date
2017-12-25
EDB ID
FullText File
language
jpn
TextVersion
Publisher
departments
Medical Sciences