Who IS the First!

This blog is a follow up to the Who Will Be First? blog posted on May 21st. We now have an answer to that question!

St. Mary’s College Campus (from http://www.st-mary.ac.jp/about/)

I recently learned from Sr. Callista Roy that a research center in her name included the word, nursology, in the center title. The title is: Roy Academia Nursology Research Center. This research center was founded in 2018 at St. Mary’s College School of Nursing in Kurume, Japan (http://www.st-mary.ac.jp/english/).

Professor Tsuyako Hidaka, of St. Mary’s College School of Nursing in Kurume, Japan, provided this description of the research center:

“The Roy Academia Nursology Research Center aims to explore Mercy, Caring, and Love through the avenues of both practice and education, which are executed across three departments: educational program development, postgraduate education, and continuing education.

1. The educational program development department facilitates education, practice, and research based on the Roy Adaptation Model, conducts activities for the Japan Chapter of the Roy Adaptation Association of Japan (RAA-J), and develops programs that enhance nursing skills for undergraduate and graduate students.

2. The postgraduate education department works with a wide range of students, from those planning to continue their research post-graduation, to those conducting activities as certified nurse specialists (CNS). Faculty members also assist students with research as well as offer counseling to undergraduates interested in pursuing a graduate degree.

3. The continuing education department is responsible for developing the curriculum for use in the wards at St. Mary’s Hospital, and continues to reform the currently-used clinical ladder education program to include elements for which nurses can continue earning education credits. The department also offers a continuing education program for nurses who work in community-based settings.”

The nursology.net management team members congratulate Professor Hidaka, her colleagues, and the St. Mary’s College administrators on being the very first entity to include nursology in the title of their research center. We look forward to learning of many other entities that will follow their lead and include nursology in the title of schools and colleges, departments, programs, and centers.