2021 Volume 30 Issue 1 Pages 1-8
The Japan Academic Society of Nursing Education established in April 1991, was renamed from the Research Group for Nursing Education, which was founded in February 1986. Since its establishment, the main activities of the Japan Academic Society of Nursing Education have been the annual academic conference and regular monthly meetings. As a result of analysis, it can be seen that the main themes from the first academic conference may be classified into the following four stages. Stage I (1991-1998): the systematization of science of the nursing education and development of research methodology; Stage II (1997-2004): the occupational autonomy of nurses and establishment of the profession; Stage III (1994-2009･2019): the utilization of research results in practice; StageⅣ (2010-2018): education and research that leads to the professional development of nurses. Also, the analysis shows that a field of study called “science of nursing education” was established and developed through clarification of the definition and scope of the research, development of the research methodology and systematization of the research of the science of nursing education over 30 years. Furthermore, it was confirmed that these processes were tied to the realization of the concept of the science of nursing education “utilization of research results in practice” and to the achievement of its purpose “support for the occupational development of the individual nurse”.
