Authorship：Lead author,　Last author,　Corresponding author   Language：English   Publishing type：Research paper (scientific journal)   Publisher：Teaching and Learning in Nursing  

Background: Before administering a medicine, nurses assess whether the drug is safe and necessary for the patient. However, it is unclear how nurses acquire this drug information, how it is processed, and how they use it for the administration of the medicine. Aim: To clarify the gaze characteristics of experienced nurses compared with those of nursing students and intentions of nurses when obtaining drug information. Method: We used a mixed-methods explanatory sequential design. Eye tracking measurements and interviews were conducted with nurses and nursing students. Results: Average total eye gaze time for nurses and students was 109.62 ± 33.13 seconds and 255.00 ± 62.55 sseconds, respectively. From the interviews, the intention to obtain information was divided into 11 subcategories in 4 categories. Conclusion: Our study demonstrated that nurses can intentionally select and obtain drug information that they consider necessary for the medication administration process based on their role and experience. Our study results could be useful for educational methods for obtain drug information to improve the medication management skills of nursing students and new nurses.

DOI： 10.1016/j.teln.2025.05.028

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Authorship：Lead author,　Last author,　Corresponding author   Language：English   Publishing type：Research paper (scientific journal)   Publisher：Plos One  

Background The difficulty of venipuncture depends on the visibility and palpability of the vein and is particularly challenging in older adults, patients with abnormal body mass index, and those with chronic diseases. In these populations, vessel fibrosis, scarring, skin atrophy, and subcutaneous fat reduce vein visibility and palpability, making venous access more challenging. Previous studies have shown that visibility and palpability are associated with vein depth and diameter, respectively. The current study therefore aimed to evaluate the validity of vein depth and vein diameter as predictive indicators of vein visibility and palpability during venipuncture. Methods Three nurses evaluated the visibility and palpability of superficial veins suitable for venipuncture in 96 healthy volunteers who participated in this study. Using ultrasound imaging devices, the depth and diameter of superficial veins were measured, after which receiver operating characteristic (ROC) curves were created to identify the optimal cutoff values for predicting vein visibility and palpability. Results Both vein depth and diameter were found to be independent predictors of visibility and palpability (p<0.05). ROC analysis showed that vein depth was a significant predictor of visibility (AUC=0.901, 95% CI=0.834–0.967) and palpability (AUC=0.724, 95% CI=0.619–0.829). The optimal cutoff values for vein depth were 1.89mm for visibility discrimination, with 28.1% of veins exceeding this threshold, and 1.44mm for palpability, with 59.4% of veins exceeding this threshold. On the other hand, vein diameter was less accurate than vein depth in predicting visibility and palpability (AUC<0.7). Conclusions Vein depth is an effective predictor of vein visibility and vein palpability. This finding is expected to inform the development of assistive technology for visual and palpatory examinations.

DOI： 10.1371/journal.pone.0323367

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Authorship：Lead author,　Last author,　Corresponding author   Language：Japanese   Publishing type：Research paper (scientific journal)   Publisher：(一社)日本女性心身医学会  

本研究は,成人女性を対象に,月経周期の各期(卵胞期・黄体期・月経期)の違いにおける下肢のむくみの発生について明らかにすることを目的とした.8名の成人女性を対象に,座位姿勢負荷を行い,その前後に下腿体積,下腿周囲径,下肢・下腿インピーダンス値を測定し,下腿のむくみ感などの主観申告を評価した.座位姿勢負荷にかかわらず,下腿体積は卵胞期より月経期が有意に大きく(p<0.05),下腿周囲径(膝蓋骨中心10cm下方部位)は卵胞期より黄体期が有意に大きかった(p<0.05).下肢インピーダンス値(20kHz,100kHz)は,卵胞期より黄体期(20kHz:p<0.05,100kHz:p<0.05)および月経期(20kHz:p<0.01,100kHz:p<0.05)が有意に低値であった.下腿のだるさ感,重たさも卵胞期より黄体期,月経期で自覚が強い傾向を示した.以上のことより,黄体期および月経期は卵胞期より下肢に水分が貯留し,形態的に増大すること,また主観的にも下肢のむくみ感が高まることが示され,成人女性の下肢のむくみに月経周期の違いが関連するということが明らかとなった.(著者抄録)

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Event date： 2025.11

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Event date： 2024.11

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Event date： 2023.12

Event date： 2023.11

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Venue：宮城