2016 Volume 7 Issue 1 Pages 20-25
In recent years, the Japanese healthcare system has become highly advanced and complicated in some aspects. The Japanese Ministry of Health, Labour and Welfare aims to expand the choice of healthcare providers beyond physicians as a part of “team medical care”. There has been much discussion on this issue, and the training system entitled “Training System for Nurses pertaining to Specified Medical Acts” was finally adopted. In this training system, nurses are able to learn advanced and specialized knowledge and skills, that are termed specified medical acts. Nurses who are trained in this program, can perform 38 categorized techniques. Acute blood purification is one of these categories. We would like to evaluate whether this training system has any effect on operating acute blood purification treatment. In order to accomplish this purpose, we reviewed literature regarding the current roles of healthcare professionals in acute blood purification treatment. We conclude that the Training System for Nurses pertaining to Specified Medical Acts contributes to providing timely appropriate treatments, reduced workload for physicians, enhanced motivation of nurses, and standardized methods in acute blood purification treatment.
