title: Nursing job process analysis from viewpoint of process design by job diagram.
abstract: Recently Japan demands more and more quality assurance in clinical practice. Several aspects of issues have been discussed to provide significant suggestions for nursing quality assurance. In the quality management field, Process Design, which is known to contribute to quality assurance, is an important frame. This study attempts to analyze the nursing job process from the viewpoint of process design. As a result, some knowledge on the nursing job process could be comprehended. Process analysis from the viewpoint of Process Design is considered significant in nursing practice and further improvement of its technique and application is a challenge for the future.
authors.affiliation: School of Engineering, The University of Tokyo, Tokyo, Japan. dannoue@tqm.t.u-tokyo.ac.jp
authors.forename: Hideo
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Dannoue
authors.forename: Satoko
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Tsuru
authors.forename: Masahiko
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Munechika
authors.forename: Yoshinori
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Iizuka
mesh_terms: D006801:Humans; D007564:Japan; D007587:Job Description; D009732:Nursing Care / Q000458:organization & administration*; D011785:Quality Assurance, Health Care