Cutting-edge, next-generation nursing will be the most advanced nursing for the near future. The limitations of modern nursing are recognized, new fields are created, and new common wisdom is generated in accord with the times. It is impossible to predict the nature of future eras to come. Certainly the unprecedented COVID-19 pandemic and recent natural disasters due in part to climate change have caused a fundamental, philosophical paradigm shift that transcends the scope of medical phenomena and alters the way we perceive human life. As the times are always changing, both nursing and human beings must be updated and rebooted.

Cutting-edge, next-generation nursing cannot be built in a day! Nor can advances and developments in nursing be achieved overnight. As medical care becomes increasingly sophisticated and complex, all those involved in nursing must respond to these currents, search for ways to create the nursing of the future, and continue to make steady efforts to bring about its realization.

The Hohashi Laboratory is a front-runner in the world of family and pediatric nursing. We aim to produce researchers who will lead the field of family nursing and pediatric nursing in ways that are recognized internationally. Japanese scientific research has been criticized by some for lacking in originality. Cutting-edge, next-generation nursing science is born from original research, so it is necessary to train researchers who will pioneer world-class research. Join us as we explore evidence in family nursing and pediatric nursing!