Tokyo Women's Medical University

Graduate School of Nursing

Practical Nursing II (Women’s Health)

Overview

In this field, students explore health issues at each stage of women's life and acquire a research approach to solving these issues. We explore health issues such as dysmenorrhea in adolescent women, health problems related to young pregnancy and childbirth, and mental and physical health problems of women during menopause and strive to build care for them. We also conduct multifaceted studies by planning aid activities and other activities in developing countries.
In addition, the Department offers courses to qualify for the National Midwifery Examination. In this course, students learn the basics necessary to diagnose the well-being, growth, and development of women, fetuses, and newborns during the perinatal period, utilizing knowledge of evidence-based practice, and learn in small groups to acquire basic skills in dealing with health issues. In practical training, students learn about high-risk deliveries and care of newborns mainly at affiliated hospitals with perinatal maternal and childcare centers and deepen their understanding of the care and systems that bring about satisfactory births for maternity patients through practical training in assisting and managing deliveries at midwifery centers. The course also provides an opportunity to learn neonatal resuscitation from neonatologists and acquire specialized courses, and obstetricians will give lectures with abundant case experience, learn perineotomy suturing and ultrasound diagnosis, and deepen their understanding of team collaboration.
If you are interested in women's health, or if you aspire to become a highly specialized midwife, we invite you to study with us at our university.

Possible Research Themes

You can research a wide range of topics related to health issues at each stage of women's life. In particular, we can explore health issues among adolescent women, including young pregnancy.
We can also address research topics on various aspects of the perinatal period, such as infertile women, life during pregnancy, care to bring about a satisfying birth, fatigue during the postpartum period, and breastfeeding.

Faculty

Kukiko Ogawa
Michiko Takeuchi
Yukie Iizuka
Junko Tabata
Sayaka Fujikata

Thesis Themes Main Practice Facilities

■Dissertation Themes

○ Master's Thesis Themes (partial list)

- The richness of childbirth for high-risk mothers
- Aspects of the thinking of the Chief Obstetrician of the Perinatal Maternal and Child Health Center toward a prosperous childbirth.
- The effect of midwifery techniques on amniotic fluid infection.
- Stress assessment of childbirth
- Midwives' judgment and related factors in the first ambulation after vaginal delivery.

○ Research Themes (partial list)

- Literature review on childcare for mothers who gave birth in their teens
- Literature review on self-care for menstrual symptoms
- Literature review on sex education for high school students in Japan and abroad
- Literature review on the factors of anxiety among pregnant women after infertility treatment
- A literature review on the actual situation and future issues of coldness in young women
- A literature review on factors that interfere with sleep during pregnancy
- Literature review on the actual condition of pregnant women who have not been examined
- Literature review on the effects of acupressure and moxibustion during the postpartum period
- Literature review on the effects of nursing care on fatigue during the postpartum period
- Literature review on the actual situation of infant abuse prevention in the perinatal period

Main Practice Facilities

Tokyo Women's Medical University Hospital
Tokyo Women's Medical University Adachi Medical Center
Tokyo Women's Medical University Yachiyo Medical Center
Birth Aoba
Fan Midwifery Clinic
Higashi Mine Women's Clinic

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