Author(s)

Yuriko Inoue^1*, Hiromitsu Ezure¹, Junji Ito², Chika Sawa¹, Masato Yamamoto³, Mone Hatasa Wakatsuki⁴, Harumi Hata⁵, Akiko Sasaki⁶, Masaaki Takayanagi⁷, Takashi Takaki⁸, Mikako Tanaka⁹, Hiroshi Moriyama¹, Naruhito Otsuka¹

¹Department of Anatomy, School of Medicine, Showa University, Tokyo, Japan.
²Department of Nursing, School of Nursing and Rehabilitation Sciences, Showa University, Tokyo, Japan.
³Department of Chemistry, Faculty of Arts and Sciences at Fujiyoshida, Showa University, Tokyo, Japan.
⁴Department of Perioperative Medicine, Division of Anesthesiology, School of Dentistry, Showa University, Tokyo, Japan.
⁵Center for Research and Development in Pharmacy Education, School of Pharmacy, Nihon University, Chiba, Japan.
⁶Department of Pharmacology, School of Medicine, Showa University, Tokyo, Japan.
⁷Saitama Prefectural University, Saitama, Japan.
⁸Division of Electron Microscopy, Showa University, Tokyo, Japan.
⁹Department of Chemical Engineering Science, Yokohama National University, Yokohama Japan.

Background: Health consciousness in daily life is very important because lifestyle habits, such as dietary and exercise habits, sleep, and smoking, are involved in the development and progression of lifestyle-related diseases, such as cancer, heart diseases, stroke, liver diseases, kidney diseases, and diabetes. Purpose: In this study, we surveyed to see if the health consciousness increased and what behaviors in daily life changed in students of a nursing school (Seiwa Nursing College, Tokyo, Japan) after they learned medical care knowledge required to become a nurse. Results: After learning medical care knowledge for 3 years, the students were found to have a higher level of health consciousness in the third year than they did in the first year. They applied the medical care knowledge they learned in daily life. All data were collected in 2019. Conclusions: The medical care knowledge learned in a nursing school was demonstrated to serve as information to increase the health consciousness.

Health Consciousness, Nursing Students

Inoue, Y. , Ezure, H. , Ito, J. , Sawa, C. , Yamamoto, M. , Wakatsuki, M. , Hata, H. , Sasaki, A. , Takayanagi, M. , Takaki, T. , Tanaka, M. , Moriyama, H. and Otsuka, N. (2021) Changes in Health Consciousness of Nursing Students in Japan after Acquiring Medical Care Knowledge from a Nursing School. Open Journal of Nursing, 11, 794-800. doi: 10.4236/ojn.2021.119066.