Teruko Kawaguchi, RN, PhD1
Hiroko Shimomura, RN, MSN1
Etsuko Yokoyama, RN, MSN1
Megumi Higashi, RN, MSN, CNS2
Emi Yamada, RN, MSN, CNS3
Miyako Oike, RN, MSE4
Naoto Hasegawa, RN, MSN5
Tomoe Inoue, RN, MSN6
Fusae Kondo, RN, PhD7
Momoe Konagaya, RN, DNSc8
Takakao Kobayashi, RN, MSE9
Kazumi Oda, RN, MSN10
Kyoko Kodaira, RN, MSN11
Yuko Hayashi, RN, PhD9
Fumiko Yasukata, RN, PhD12
Michiyo Oka, RN, PhD13
Sanae Iha, CNS, RN, MSN14
Narumi Takiguchi, RN, MSN15
Hiromi Ito, RN, MSN16
Miho Ota, RN, MSN17
Hiromi Onbe, RN, MSN18
Chieko Domen, RN, MSN4
(1)School of Nursing, The Japanese Red Cross College of Nursing, Tokyo, Japan
(2)Nursing Department, Surugadai Nihon University Hospital, Tokyo, Japan
(3)Department of Nursing, Nagoya Medical Center, Nagoya-Aichi, Japan
(4)Department of Health Sciences, Kyushu University, Fukuoka, Japan
(5)School of Nursing, Faculty of Medicine, Toho University, Tokyo, Japan
(6)Department of Nursing, Omihachiman Community Medical Center, Shiga, Japan
(7)School of Health Sciences and Nursing, Juntendo University, Shizuoka, Japan
(8)School of Nursing and Rehabilitation Sciences, Showa University, Kanagawa prefecture, Japan
(9)Faculty of Nursing, Osaka Medical College, Osaka, Japan
(10)School of Nursing, Nagano College of Nursing, Nagano, Japan
(11)Nursing and Health Sciences, Kansai University, Hyogo, Japan
(12)Faculty of nursing, Fukuoka Prefectural University, Fukuoka, Japan
(13)School of Health Science, Gunma University, Maebashi, Gunma, Japan
(14)Shiga Medical Science University, School Hospital, Shiga, Japan
(15)Department of Nursing, Omori Red Cross Hospital, Tokyo, Japan
(16)Department of Nursing, Sunagawa City Medical Center, Hokkaido, Japan
(17)Graduate School of Nursing, The Japanese Red Cross College of Nursing, Tokyo, Japan
(18)School of Health Sciences, Faculty of Medicine Gunma University, Gunma, Japan