Inobe Hospital

What is Nursing Department?

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Philosophy

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Inobe Hospital specializes in rehabilitation, which general ward or recovery ward admits those patients who have finished their acute-phase treatments and those who require rehabilitation while staying home or at an institution.
With the aim for such patients to return to their community life, our nurses assume important roles as the core of team medical services together with doctors, therapists, healthcare social workers and other professionals. In particular, we hope that our nurses will help their patients spend their life in a way they like, pursue a wide range of cares with an eye to home-based ones, and maintain the mindset of rehabilitation nursing cares for assisting in the independence of their patients.

Philosophy and Basic Principles of Nursing Department

Philosophy

To help patients live their life in a way they like by providing nursing services friendly to them and their family members

Basic Principles

To assist in the independence of patients while valuing rehabilitation minds
To back up the decision-makings of patients and their family members
To assume responsibilities as a coordinator promoting team medical cares
To develop work cultures that make innovation happens
To train up those nurses equipped with ethical perspectives, communication skills and well-rounded characters

Objectives of Nursing Department (FY2018)

To provide nursing services in line with our nursing philosophy/To help patients behave as they like/To improve support activities in patients being in and out of the hospital/To offer good hospitalities
To enhance the quality of nursing services by improving nursing records/To carry out timely nursing procedures
To strengthen the response capacity of dementia patients
To prevent 3B+ level accidents from happening through the development of safety climates/To control the occurrence of bone fractures in a fall at 0.1 or under
To be a part of hospital management/To aim at 98% of the bed occupancy rate
To seek the enlargement of FIM in a way to make the actual performance rate 37 or above by promoting the independence of ADL
To improve toilet supports through the arrangement of a circumstance where nursing care workers can work independently

Introduction of Each Department

1st Ward

The current ward consists of 18 general beds and 34 beds for community comprehensive cares (52 beds in total).
Nursing staff members in 1st Ward are composed of nurses, nursing care workers and assistant nurses.
42 of them are presently placed in total.
We employ the fixed team nursing system in order to provide uninterrupted nursing services in 12 hour shifts and enjoy a perfect cooperation framework with a variety of staff members ranging from in their 20’s to 50’s.
In collaboration with the multidiscipline group of professionals in order for patients to go back to their community life with taking advantage of their “abilities” and “capabilities”, we are making everyday efforts as a team with the aim to support our patients and their family members.

Recovery-Phase Rehabilitation Ward

This ward has 60 beds and is staffed with 29 nurses, 11 nursing care workers, 1 dental hygienist, 1 music therapist and 1 clerk.
We engage in patients with cerebrovascular diseases and/or locomotor disorders as a team together with doctors, therapists and medical social workers (MSWs) and accordingly support the patients in order for them to live their life “in a way they like”.
Our nurses conduct observations leading to the early detection of abnormalities, support patients’ daily life, provide mental cares to them, and coordinate with professionals in other fields.

Our Outpatient Departments

11 nurses including 2 part-time ones are placed in our outpatient departments. Many of the patients visiting our hospital are those for the purpose of rehabilitation from their neural intractable disease, cerebrovascular disorder, etc. These departments aim to support such patients in collaboration with home-visit nursing care services and MSWs so that they can live a stable life at home.
Our outpatient departments consist of Cardiovascular Department, Digestive Organs Department, Endocrine Department, Collagenous Department, Neurology Department, Respiratory Medicine Department, Orthopedic Department, Dermatology Department and Urology Department. Further, we visit the house of patients. There are opportunities to obtain a wide range of experiences and knowledge such as endoscopic examinations, orthopedic surgical procedures and house calls.

Profile of Certified Nurse

Mamiko Imoto, Nurse Certified for Nursing Care of Stroke Rehabilitants

I decided to become a nurse certified for nursing care of stroke rehabilitants with the thought that “If I had known how to prevent a stroke from reoccurring, I could have prevented it and this patient could have a life he wants to spend…”
In entering the certified nurse education program, I had a chance to receive trainings under the guidance of a nurse certified for nursing care of stroke rehabilitants who was working at another hospital and to receive financial supports regarding the entrance fee and tuition fee of this education program as well as the salary payments during my attending it.

The role of a nurse certified for nursing care of stroke rehabilitants is not only to prevent stroke patients with various disorders from having more serious conditions but also to help them live a life that “they want” through the assistances in the recovery of their motor functions leading to the reestablishment of their life.
I will provide supports in cooperating with professionals from other fields so that such patients can take back a life that they want.