Dean’s Welcome “Inheriting the Universal Light of Charity”

“Inheriting the Universal Light of Charity”—the spirit of our nursing education program—has been fostered at Osaka City University (OCU) since World WarⅡ. The School of Nursing at OCU has graduated more than 1,200 nursing students in both the bachelor’s program, which began in 2004, and junior college—our predecessor school instituted in 1998. In addition, approximately 100 students have graduated from the master’s or doctoral programs, which began in 2008 and 2010, respectively. Many of our graduates are engaged in community practice, education, and research—fields in which they face frontline health care challenges.
Nursing academia trains students in providing care for maintaining health and quality of life among individuals or populations over all generations in various settings. The School of Nursing educates nursing experts who will respect life and acquire the capacity to fulfill care needs of people in our rapidly changing society. The school also produces nursing leaders who have the background and skills to design innovative health care programs. For achieving the present purpose, we believe that students can develop thoughtfulness by sharing in the pain or suffering of others, as well as gain state-of-the-art nursing knowledge through our rigorous curricula and community experience aimed at promoting their intellectual, spiritual, and emotional growth.
In the “new normal” era following the COVID-19 pandemic, well-balanced solutions in health care or nursing practices to maintain health and a functioning society should be clarified. We are proud of our commitment to addressing the many significant challenges of nursing care at this time. It is certain that the School of Nursing will continue to foster a welcoming academic environment through the increased diversity of our students, faculty, staff, and community partners.

Ayumi Kono, Ph.D., RN
Dean and Professor, Department of Home Health Nursing
School of Nursing, Faculty of Medicine
Osaka City University

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