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Pediatric Nursing Lab
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The lab pursues nursing care that supports children and families psychologically and socially.

AboutAbout the lab
One step forward, for the children.
The Pediatric Nursing Lab pursues nursing care that supports children and families according to the life events that arise at each stage of development.
It places particular emphasis on research, education, and practice in nursing care that supports children and families psychologically and socially.
The lab works in collaboration with Tohoku University Hospital, schools, local communities, medical institutions, and other universities.
It also trains pediatric nursing certified nurse specialists and engages in practice at a pediatric nursing outpatient clinic.
Key terms
- Pediatric nursing certified nurse specialist
- A nurse who holds certified nurse specialist qualification and takes on advanced practice in the field of pediatric nursing.
- Transition support
- Support provided to children with chronic illness during the period when they move from pediatric to adult healthcare.
- Pediatric palliative care
- Care that eases the physical and emotional distress of children with serious illness and their families.
NewsLab news
A doctoral student received the Excellent Presentation Award at the 26th Scientific Meeting of the Northern Japan Society of Nursing
The Quality of Dying and Death scale for the pediatric intensive care unit (PICU-QODD) has been made publicly available
A doctoral dissertation by a graduate school alumnus has been published in Pediatric Critical Care Medicine
ResearchResearch themes
The main themes of the lab's research, education, and practice are therapeutic and educational support for children with neuroses or developmental disorders together with mental health care for their families, and total care for children with pediatric cancer and their families. The lab also works on transition support for children with chronic illness and their families, pediatric palliative care, and the development of nursing support that helps children and families psychologically and socially.
View More ↗MembersFaculty
The members of the Pediatric Nursing Lab consist of faculty members, part-time graduate school lecturers, doctoral and master's students, and undergraduates in the graduation research lab seminar.As of 2026
- ProfessorHitoshi Shiwaku
- Assistant (Joshu)Akiko Sugahara
- Assistant (Joshu)Tatsuya Takahashi
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The top and research theme images are illustrative and were not taken at the lab. They are cropped from Wikimedia Commons images. Cropped CC BY-SA images are provided under the same CC BY-SA license as the original (version shown on each line).
- Top image: “Convalescent ward, Sick Children's Hospital, Toronto, Canada (I0032488)” B. W. Kilburn / Public domain (cropped)
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