Nursing Global Major
He also has experience in overseas training.
Deepen your understanding of globalization and diversity,
Aiming to become a nursing professional who can respond to internationalization
There are already many foreigners living in Japan, and the number of people visiting hospitals is increasing rapidly.Even in the medical field, nurses with language skills and the ability to respond to different cultures are in demand.In the Global Nursing Major, through participation in overseas training in the second half of the third year, students learn about overseas nursing and healthcare systems, and improve their understanding of and ability to respond to different cultures.By improving language skills and fostering understanding and empathy for people with diverse cultural backgrounds, we aim to become nursing professionals who can provide effective care to a variety of patients.

- Course to aim for
- Obtainable licenses/qualifications
- Features of learning
- Voice of the teacher in charge
Course to aim for
- Hospital/midwifery/public health center
- Home-Visit nursing station
- Municipal Health Center
- corporate health department
- welfare facility
- Graduate school etc.
Obtainable licenses/qualifications
- Eligibility to take the National Nurse Examination
- Eligibility to take the national midwifery examination (optional)
- Eligibility to take the national public health nurse examination (optional)
- School nurse teacher type 2 license■
- Disaster prevention specialist, etc.
*If you obtain a public health nurse qualification and meet the requirements, you can obtain it after graduation.
Features of learning
Deepen your nursing knowledge,
It is also possible to obtain qualifications as a midwife or public health nurse.
In four years of study, you can challenge not only to become a nurse, but also to become a midwife or public health nurse. From the first year onwards, we provide support that is conscious of each individual's "want to be a nurse", centering on small group seminars.By learning using our unique “learning system that visualizes growth”, you can fully advance to your desired future.

Cooperation with local medical institutions and facilities
Acquire practical nursing skills
We have partnered and collaborated with the Kita-Harima General Medical Center, which is responsible for advanced medical care in the region, to realize a fulfilling practical training.In addition, lecturers are invited from the center, and you can directly learn the living knowledge and techniques of the medical field.In addition, we have partnered with many major medical institutions in the prefecture, such as Kobe University Hospital.It is possible to acquire practical nursing skills.

Understand diversity and collaborate with others.
Practicing the future of team medical care
Globalization and diversification are progressing rapidly in the medical field as well.In addition to the Global Nursing Major, which enhances English proficiency and cross-cultural understanding, the faculty as a whole is working to improve the ability to "understand and collaborate with others."Acquire the ability to respond and manage in the field, and learn the basics of team medical care in which many specialists work together.

English communication skills
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With the number of foreigners visiting hospitals increasing rapidly, language skills are also needed in the medical field. In the Global Nursing major, students can take free English conversation lessons taught by foreign instructors in order to train nursing professionals who can respond to internationalization. Even if you are not confident in your English, private lessons or small group lessons allow you to take English conversation lessons casually and at a pace that suits you, which will help improve your English ability.

In the healthcare field at our overseas partner universities
Developing international nursing practice skills
In the Global Nursing major, students will deepen their understanding of nursing and healthcare systems in developing countries in Asia through participation in overseas training in the second semester of their third year. By interacting with patients and residents from diverse cultural backgrounds, students will improve their multicultural communication skills, and by providing effective care through health promotion activities in villages and other areas, they will also enhance their practical nursing skills.

Voice of the teacher in charge
Naoko Ito教授
●International Nursing ●Disaster Nursing ●Integrated Nursing Practice
Biography:
After graduating from the Japanese Red Cross College of Nursing and Chiba University, she joined our university in April 2021. She specializes in international nursing and disaster nursing. She has engaged in international cooperation activities in many countries as an expert for the Japan International Cooperation Agency (JICA). She has written many books related to international nursing and disaster nursing. Her research themes include "refugee support" and "support for foreigners in Japan during disasters," and she frequently interacts with researchers overseas.

