Shigeko (Seiko) Izumi, Ph.D., R.N.

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My research interests include end-of-life and palliative care in adults and older adults, quality improvement of nursing care, and nursing/professional ethics. In prior studies, I have looked at the end-of-life decision making process over illness trajectories of older adults, descriptions of quality nursing care for hospitalized patients with advance illness, and ethical practice by nurses in end-of-life care. These studies have evolved into two directions: 1) development of intervention to assist older adult patients to receive quality end-of-life care across settings, and 2) evaluation and improvement of quality nursing care in hospital settings. The goal of my research is to develop interventions to improve quality of end-of-life and palliative care provided to adults and older adults and their families across health care settings.

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Izumi, S., Nagae, H., Sakurai, C., & Imamura, E. (2012). Defining end-of-life care from the perspectives of nursing ethics. Nursing Ethics 19(5), 608-618. Doi:10.1177/0969733011436205.
Izumi, S. (2012).

Quality improvement in nursing: Administrative mandate or professional responsibility? Nursing Forum, 47(4), 260-67. Doi: 10.1111/j.1744-6198.2012.00283.x.

Masaki, H., Nagae, H., Teshima, M., & Izumi, S. (2012). Nursing leadership in a rapidly aging society: Implications of “the Future of Nursing” report in Japan. Nursing Research & Practice. Doi:10.1155/2012/820345.

Izumi, S., Baggs, J. G., & Knafl, K. (2010) Quality nursing care for hospitalized patients with advanced illness: Concept development. Research in Nursing & Health, 33, 299-315 (PMCID: PMC3241609).

Izumi, S. (2010) Ethical practice in end-of-life care in Japan. Nursing Ethics, 17(4), 457-468.