LEARNING NURSING AT THE RED CROSS | Japanese Red Cross toyota College of Nursing

SPECIAL LESSON1

［Disaster Nursing Activities in highly stressful situations］

Disaster Nursing Activities and
Mental Support

Red Cross Disaster Nursing

Rescue activities during disasters are a mission of the Red Cross. This course helps students learn about nursing activities to be performed and mental support to be provided during each stage of a disaster as a basis for disaster nursing, with an understanding of the influences of disasters on people’s lives and activities of daily living. It also promotes understanding of Red Cross international medical/public health support activities and basic competencies required for international cooperation, collaboration, and nursing activities.

Experience Real Learning by
Participating in Red Cross
Rescue Training.

Seminor on Disaster Nursing Skills

A workshop to train rescue team members is held each year by the Aichi Prefecture Branch of the Japanese Red Cross Society at the Japanese Red Cross Toyota College of Nursing. In the workshop, doctors and nurses belong to the Red Cross Society learn about care for the injured in the event of a disaster, while students experience acting as the injured/families as part of the <Red Cross Disaster Nursing Seminars>. The Aichi Disaster Relief Aviation Corps, Aichi Police, and Toyota City Fire Department also participate in the workshop, and conduct drills for the emergency helicopter transport of the injured. The workshop allows students to learn about preparedness and the skills needed by Red Cross rescue team members in a tense atmosphere.

SPECIAL LESSON2

［Learning about advanced medical services in core community hospitals］

High-level clinical practicum facilities,
including 2 Red Cross hospitals, are available.

Clinical practicums

<Practicum in Fundamental NursingⅠ> and most other clinical practicums are provided in 2 Red Cross hospitals within Nagoya City. Both of these hospitals are core community hospitals with a large number of medical departments providing high-quality and advanced medical services. Additional practicums are provided in many other hospitals, such as Kariya Toyota General Hospital, clinics, welfare facilities, and companies.

SPECIAL LESSON3

［To become nurses who work abroad］

Learning about the medical
welfare system in the UK, and
having a good command of English

English (optional program)

International rescue projects are one of the Red Cross activities. This program provides language training for students to improve their English skills while learning about the latest medical and welfare activities in the United Kingdom. Staying in Plymouth, a historical port city situated in the south-eastern area of England, students will take English lessons at a language school in the morning, and visit the Red Cross Society, medical institutions, welfare facilities, universities (nursing departments), and volunteer organizations in the afternoon. It will be a valuable opportunity for students to learn about medical/welfare environments and nursing methods, which are different from those in Japan, through exchange with local workers. Furthermore, presentations to report learning outcomes in English after returning to Japan will markedly enhance their self-confidence.

Learning about medical support
in developing countries

Practicum in International Disaster Nursing (optional program)

This practicum nurtures nursing competencies through learning experience about public health activities and medical support in developing countries, such as Southeast Asian countries. It will be a good opportunity for students to realize the actual situation of these countries, which is different from that of Japan, and exchange with people engaged in support activities and students of local universities. They are expected to develop humanity-based broad perspectives on nursing through this experience.