Home-visit nursing station cooperates to continue providing services 5:30 on May 23, Ikuno-ku, Osaka
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Due to the influence of the new coronavirus, some home-visiting nurses were forced to take leave due to the infection of nurses. To prepare for such a situation, even if a visiting nursing station is unable to provide services in Osaka, a unique initiative has begun nationwide to dispatch a nurse instead of another office.
This initiative started from last month when a visiting nursing station in Ikuno Ward, Osaka called for it, and 16 business sites, which account for about 30% of the ward, participate.
In home-visit nursing, there are some offices that are forced to take leave due to the infection of nurses, and maintaining service is an issue.
For this reason, if the company is forced to take a leave in this effort, the business office that is the coordinator will collect the user information, and dispatch a nurse from another business office that collaborates mainly with patients with high need for care. Ask.
Home-visit nursing requires doctor's instructions for medical treatment, but with the cooperation of the local medical association, we asked local doctors to respond.
According to the Ministry of Health, Labor and Welfare, such efforts are rare in Japan and are expected to be effective countermeasures against the expected second wave of infection in the future.
Shiki Hirayama, the manager of “Home-visit Nursing Station Kassai,” who called for efforts, said, “We want to increase the number of participants and deepen cooperation while preparing for the second wave.”
Securing the handover destination is an issue
According to a survey conducted by the Home-Visit Nursing Foundation, more than 80% of the respondents who have no choice but to take leave say that they have not secured it.
This survey was conducted by the Japan Home-Visit Nursing Foundation, which surveyed more than 2,700 home-visit nursing stations nationwide by the end of last month, and 424 business offices responded.
According to this, 13% of the establishments replied that they have “decided” as to the user's takeover destination when they have no choice but to take a leave, while 39% of the respondents have “not decided” and “under consideration”. It was found that more than 80% of business establishments did not secure a transfer destination, such as 43%.
“I have some patients who need terminal cancer and infusion every day, and I need to work on measures to prepare for the second wave,” said Mihoko Sato, Managing Director of the Japan Home Nursing Foundation, who conducted the survey. ”