Only then can we find a fundamental answer for how to solve that question or
problem. An important step in translational research is the realization of technology
and equipment in order to adapt the knowledge obtained from this basic research to
the real world. It is important to clarify the concept of technology and equipment
based on the mechanism and to set and develop basic specifications to achieve it.
In order to conduct such bioengineering nursing research, the involvement of
transdisciplinary researchers is essential. The development of each discipline is
remarkable, and it is impossible for a single researcher to cover everything. In
fact, our laboratory has a team of researchers consisting of not only those with a
degree in Nursing and Health Sciences, but also plastic surgeons and specialists in
research fields such as molecular biology, agriculture, information science, and
mechanical engineering. Insightful organizational learning, or co-creation of data,
information, knowledge, and hopefully wisdom, can be initiated by sharing the
awareness of the problem both physically and psychologically. To that end, we
also collect data at clinical sites where we excel as nursing scientists, creating
opportunities for people to feel what perspectives are important to elucidate disease
states and develop technologies. A graduate student with a background in nursing is
placed under a basic and engineering researcher with a clinical mind, and by
promoting their own research themes, students can share their academic perspectives
through research guidance.
Here, there are points that have not been fully explained. The point is what kind of
uniqueness this cycle of bioengineering nursing can bring to the field. Certainly, the
explanation thus far is an analogy of translational research that has developed in the
field of drug discovery, and it is unlikely that it is a unique system of nursing, except
from the point of view of the clinical problem. We would like to emphasize the next
stage of developing new technologies and equipment. In other words, it is important
to develop human resources that can adapt to the developed products and systems in
actual clinical settings. The questions and issues addressed by nursing are complicated, as mentioned at the outset. In other words, it is necessary to train practitioners
with advanced practical skills capable of appropriately using new technologies and
equipment and improving patient outcomes. We believe that conducting practitioner
training on the same soil as researcher training is unique in nursing science, and we
believe that it may be a new path for future nursing research.
As might be expected in the field of medicine, nurses working in clinical settings
rarely have a research perspective in the field of nursing. However, with the
development of medical care, there will be more opportunities to contend with
events that cannot be dealt with only through practice based on old knowledge and
experience. In such a case, it is difficult to simply adapt to a medical field that is
constantly evolving even after completing the basic training, and even if it trains
nurses with specialized knowledge and skills. The ability to develop new nursing
skills independently through a sophisticated self-learning system will be required for
advanced practiced nurses in the future.
In the following sections, the authors will introduce research examples for new
technology development based on real-world data analysis through a bioengineering
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problem. An important step in translational research is the realization of technology
and equipment in order to adapt the knowledge obtained from this basic research to
the real world. It is important to clarify the concept of technology and equipment
based on the mechanism and to set and develop basic specifications to achieve it.
In order to conduct such bioengineering nursing research, the involvement of
transdisciplinary researchers is essential. The development of each discipline is
remarkable, and it is impossible for a single researcher to cover everything. In
fact, our laboratory has a team of researchers consisting of not only those with a
degree in Nursing and Health Sciences, but also plastic surgeons and specialists in
research fields such as molecular biology, agriculture, information science, and
mechanical engineering. Insightful organizational learning, or co-creation of data,
information, knowledge, and hopefully wisdom, can be initiated by sharing the
awareness of the problem both physically and psychologically. To that end, we
also collect data at clinical sites where we excel as nursing scientists, creating
opportunities for people to feel what perspectives are important to elucidate disease
states and develop technologies. A graduate student with a background in nursing is
placed under a basic and engineering researcher with a clinical mind, and by
promoting their own research themes, students can share their academic perspectives
through research guidance.
Here, there are points that have not been fully explained. The point is what kind of
uniqueness this cycle of bioengineering nursing can bring to the field. Certainly, the
explanation thus far is an analogy of translational research that has developed in the
field of drug discovery, and it is unlikely that it is a unique system of nursing, except
from the point of view of the clinical problem. We would like to emphasize the next
stage of developing new technologies and equipment. In other words, it is important
to develop human resources that can adapt to the developed products and systems in
actual clinical settings. The questions and issues addressed by nursing are complicated, as mentioned at the outset. In other words, it is necessary to train practitioners
with advanced practical skills capable of appropriately using new technologies and
equipment and improving patient outcomes. We believe that conducting practitioner
training on the same soil as researcher training is unique in nursing science, and we
believe that it may be a new path for future nursing research.
As might be expected in the field of medicine, nurses working in clinical settings
rarely have a research perspective in the field of nursing. However, with the
development of medical care, there will be more opportunities to contend with
events that cannot be dealt with only through practice based on old knowledge and
experience. In such a case, it is difficult to simply adapt to a medical field that is
constantly evolving even after completing the basic training, and even if it trains
nurses with specialized knowledge and skills. The ability to develop new nursing
skills independently through a sophisticated self-learning system will be required for
advanced practiced nurses in the future.
In the following sections, the authors will introduce research examples for new
technology development based on real-world data analysis through a bioengineering
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