Behavioral Tendencies of Home-Visiting Nurses / 日本農村医学会雑誌

ABSTRACT

　　It is often said that care coordinators without health care background are no good at talking with home-visiting nurses. The communication gap is wide. So, we planned to make textbooks with a view to bridging the gap. To garner some basic data, we sponsored a workshop on “home healthcare nurses’ behavior that troubles care managers.” The contents of the discussion were analyzed using the KJ method, though partially, and obtained the following seven groups (1) demanding the same level of medical management as that of a hospital from home-visit nursing teams; (2) being not inclined to do only irreducible minimum work; (3) having not enough experience in home-visit nursing service with their knowledge inclining to medical care; (4) intending to control home care teams authoritatively; (5) do not control their emotions in front of clients and families; (6) using technical terms too much and (7) being eager to change to special instructions. The results of the present study will provide important information to home-visiting nurses and care managers as well.