Nursing Specialist Clinic

Specialized medical services

The Nursing Specialist Clinic was established to provide highly professional nursing by the Department of Nursing, with the Diabetes Care and Nursing Clinic in 2004, the Skin Care Clinic in 2011, the Respiratory Care and Nursing Clinic in 2019, and the Lymphedema Nursing Clinic in 2020. Certified diabetes educators and certified nurses provide advanced nursing techniques in collaboration with each clinical section.

Diabetes Care and Nursing Clinic

Features

We provide dedicated support to help diabetes patients continue their treatment with confidence and consistency briefly. In collaboration with physicians of Metabolic Medicine, we offer care tailored to each patient's individual lifestyles. This includes practical support for insulin therapy, assistance with continuous Glucose Monitoring (CGM), foot care, personalized advice on diet and exercise. We also include the Center of Diabetes and Obesity disease. Here, we provide pre-dialysis education to delay or prevent the progress of diabetic kidney disease, which is one of the complications of diabetes. In collaboration with physicians of Metabolic Medicine, we are committed to providing early detection and preventing the progression of diabetic complications. Our goal is to empower patients to manage their own daily lives, enabling them to continue their long-term care more effectively and maintain a better quality of life.

Appointments

1）Patients

Inpatients at our hospital or outpatients of Metabolic Medicine

2）How to make an appointment

Contact physicians of Metabolic Medicine or the certified nurse in Diabates Care. → Physicians of Metabolic Medicine or the certified nurse in Diabates Care will enter the appointment.

Schedule

Diabetes self-care guidance:

Monday through Friday, mornings and afternoons

Guidance to prevent diabetic dialysis:

Monday through Friday, mornings

Skin Care Clinic

Features

The Skin Care Clinic provides care for patients who have undergone stoma construction surgery, including children. Involved from even before surgery, we offer care in cooperation with ward nurses during hospitalization. So that patients living with a stoma can lead a better social life, after discharge from hospital we continue observation for early detection of stoma complications, select appropriate equipment, provide information on techniques of equipment and care, and provide psychological support.

Appointments

1) Patients

Patients who have undergone stoma construction surgery at this hospital

2) How to make an appointment

Contact the certified skin and excretion care nurse. → The certified skin and excretion care nurse will enter the appointment.

Schedule

Monday through Friday, mornings and afternoons

Respiratory Care and Nursing Clinic

Features

The Respiratory Care and Nursing Clinic provides patients who require respiratory therapy at home with medical support and consultation services tailored to their individual needs, and helps improve QOL after discharge.
In cooperation with the attending physician, we introduce and change the equipment for respiratory therapy, and evaluate and adjust the oxygen flow rate used. We also share in the patient's physical, emotional and social problems, conducting advanced care planning (ACP) to consider both the present and future, as well as provide support in deciding where and how to recuperate, so patients can live their own lives.

Appointments

1）Patients

• Patients who have been prescribed home oxygen therapy or home mechanical ventilation (HMV including continuous positive airway pressure) at this hospital
• Patients who have undergone tracheal cannulation during treatment at this hospital

2）How to make an appointment

Contact the certified nurse in chronic respiratory nursing. → The certified nurse in chronic respiratory nursing will enter the appointment.

Schedule

Monday through Friday, afternoons

Lymphedema Nursing Clinic

Features

Lymphedema is swelling of the arms and legs that occurs when the flow of lymph is blocked, and it is important that patients continually provide care in their daily lives. The Lymphedema Nursing Clinic provides instruction, including on compression therapy using elastic clothes (sleeves, stockings, etc.), self-massage, and skin care, and supports patients so that they can give themselves more effective care according to their lifestyle, age, and physical fitness.
* Currently, the Lymphedema Nursing Clinic is conducted at the patient's own expense outside insurance.

Appointments

1）Patients

• Patients who have developed lymphedema on the hands or legs after cancer treatment such as surgery or radiation at this hospital
• Patients who have developed lymphedema on the hands or legs after cancer treatment such as surgery or radiation at another hospital
• Patients who have primary lymphedema without a history of surgery

2) How to make an appointment

Attend Plastic Surgery's Lymphedema Clinic (Thursday mornings). The doctor will enter an appointment with the Lymphedema Nursing Clinic.
* Since the Lymphedema Nursing Clinic is at private expense, please note that it cannot be used on the same day as health insurance treatments and examinations, or during hospitalization

Schedule

Tuesday afternoons