Research Activities

Ongoing Research

Through the wide range of fields of research represented at our university, we aim to establish a scholarly foundation of, an educational methodology of, and individualized patient care in nursing. It is also our goal to contribute to the local community through our research.

For a comprehensive list of individual faculty research themes and keywords, please see our Faculty Profiles:

General Education

Improving education in non-nursing content courses for nursing university students
Biological and motion analysis, and preventative exercise programs for the elderly

Basic Professional Education

Nursing-related nutrition education and infection control
Sleep quality, suicide prevention, and epidemiology of non-communicable diseases in the community
Applications of physiology to nursing care

Clinical Skills & Infection Control Training

Computer-assisted instruction (CAI)
Teaching methods in infection control nursing

Fundamentals of Nursing

Developing education for nursing skills acquisition
Self-evaluation in nursing

Psychiatric Nursing

Multidisciplinary cooperation in the psychiatric ward
Improving nurses’ self-management of their own mental health

Public Health Nursing

Public health nurse in-service training
Prevention of lifestyle-related illness in the community

Home Care Nursing

Regionally-oriented nursing development (home nursing personnel training)
Issues in clinical practice instruction related to continuing nursing care

Maternity Nursing

Support for adolescent health issues (menstruation and sexual problems)
Mother-daughter relationships in the perinatal period

Pediatric Nursing

Childcare support for working nurses
Child-raising support through play spaces

Adult Nursing

Research on nursing support for people living with HIV
Nursing support in patient and family decision-making

Gerontological Nursing

Caring in cancer nursing
Cerebrovascular disease nursing

Special Course in Midwifery

Midwifery diagnosis and training
Premenstrual syndrome