Desirable guidance for Indonesian nurses under the economic partnership agreement

Abstract

Objectives: This is to study how we can provide desirable guidance to Indonesian nurses who came to Japan and acquired the certificate based on the EPA. Subject and Method: We review the job descriptions of nurses working at public health centers in a certain region of Indonesia and some findings of a survey conducted on EPA nurses in comparison with Japan's guideline for training new graduate nurses. Results: At health centers in Indonesia, care services such as assistance with eating and toileting for hospitalized patients are left to their family members. Emergency drills are not incorporated. Of the EPA nurses, 27.3% have no experience of meal assistance. As for incident reporting which is one of the first year goals in Japan, 24.2% EPA nurses have had no such opportunities in Indonesia. As far as disaster prevention is concerned, 69.7% of them have no experience at all. Conclusion: It is apparently necessary to give guidance particularly on rehabilitation assistance, incident reporting and disaster control.