Abstract
This study was designed to identify concept of “Individualized nursing care” by analyzing literature of Japanese nursing care in accordance with Rodgers’ concept analysis methods. The purposes of this study are to define the concept of Japanese “Individualized nursing care” , and consider actual situation of Individualized nursing care. References analyzed in the present study were extracted from Japana Centra Revuo Medicina databases. The attributes were nursing practice : ①Guidance, ②Concerned, ③Supporting. Antecedents were : ①｛Patient’s situation｝ : Everyday life behavior, Ability, Feelings, ②｛Background of the situation｝ : Self-knowledge, Life, Personality, Medical history, Experience, Family, ③｛Current nursing care｝ : Field of nursing, Practice, Nursing posture. Primary consequences were : ①Progress, ②Improvement, ③Trial, ④Bad influence. Based on these results, Individualized nursing care can be defined as follows : Individualized nursing care results for shift to a desirable condition, when the nurse knows the patient’s situation and background, and put existing nursing practice together or regulate, change, improve existing nursing based on it.
