Biography:
Mrs. Kimura studied nursing at Kitasato University, Japan, and graduated with an MS degree in 2005. She is a faculty member of the Department of Nursing at Juntendo University, Japan. She was expected to graduate the course of Ph.D. program at Juntendo University this year. Her major was mental health nursing and research topic was challenges in the nursing practice of individuals with MDD. She believed this would help build educational support that would also help provide effective mental health support for nurses.



Title : Development of a self-assessment scale of difficulties in nursing practice for individuals with major depressive disorder
Title : Development of self-assessment scale of difficulties in nursing practice of individuals with major depressive disorder: Process of developing scale item proposal