GREETINGS 2025
New Year’s Greetings 2025
Let us express the greetings of the new year.
The Technological Competency as Caring in Nursing (TCCN) theory encompasses technology, nursing, and caring, and underpins the process of knowing persons as caring in nursing. This theory has been used and studied in general hospitals, intensive care units, emergency departments, and psychiatric hospitals in nursing settings. Additionally, some TCCN theory-based research instruments have been developed, and their reliability and validity were confirmed. In view of these research instruments we have received many requests for permission to use the instruments, from researchers and hospital nursing service managers.
We have made these instruments available and posted them on the RLI website and also provided instructions for their use.
We hope that this will be of further assistance to everyone who are interested in the TCCN theory, particularly, those whose in-service education programs are based on the TCCN theory. These instruments can be adapted according to different nursing areas. Because these measurement instruments have been developed in English to measure its effectiveness, it is likely to be applicable worldwide.
Applying theory in nursing practice develops nursing knowledge and supports evidence-based practice. We would like to promote nursing and healthcare service quality.
We look forward to working together this year.
May this be a fruitful and happy year.
Director
Tetsuya Tanioka, RN; MS, MA, PhD, FAAN
Director Emeritus
Rozzano Locsin, RN; PhD, FAAN