J.Jpn. Surg. Soc.
ISSN 1880-1129

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J.Jpn. Surg. Soc.. 115(6): 352-356, 2014

Special contribution

REVELATION OF THE ASSISTANCE FOR THORACIC SURGEONS BY NURSE PRACTITIONER IN TAKASAKI GENERAL MEDICAL CENTER

1) Department of Thoracic Surgery, NHO Takasaki General Medical Center, Japan
2) Department of General Medicine, NHO Takasaki General Medical Center, Japan
3) Department of Thoracic and Visceral Organ Surgery, Gunma University Graduate School of Medicine, Maebashi, Japan

Masayuki Sugano1), Kimihiro Shimizu3), Miyuki Murata2), Jun Atsumi1), Tetsushi Ogawa2), Izumi Takeyoshi3)

In 2010, "A investigating board of the team medical care" started. In 2011, Nurse Practitioner performing a specific medical practice was discussed in the promotion board of the team medical care. In 2012, the trial of Japan Nurse Practitioner (JNP) was started in NHO hospitals, and one JNP assigned to Takasaki General Medical Center. She received on-the-job training in the division of thoracic surgery. Through the thoracic operation, she gradually acquired many surgical maneuvers, such as thoracotomy and closure chest, insertion of thoracic drainage tube and perioperative management. During two years, she engaged many medical practices, including 180 cases of operative assistances, 160 cases of insertion of thoracic drainage tube.

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