Japanese Red Cross Kyushu International College of Nursing (JRCKICN) was established in 2001 under the Japanese Red Cross Academy. Our nursing education is based on the philosophy of 'Humanity,' one of the seven principles of the Red Cross. Our goal is to educate students to be professional nurses who can protect human dignity and advocate for human rights through nursing practice. As the only Red Cross nursing college in Japan bearing "international" in its name, our nursing education is focused on internationalism. The spirit is reflected in our slogan: Let us care for the world just as we care for an individual.
It has been 125 years since the Japanese Red Cross Society (JRCS) started a nursing training program during the Meiji Period. JRCS has been systematizing nursing care and producing several nursing leaders in various fields ever since. History has shown how the nurses equipped with the Red Cross spirit have been taking on active and honorable roles in helping sufferers in the 1896 Sanriku earthquake, World War I, and World War II. Following our predecessors' footsteps, JRCKICN actively engaged in helping victims in the 2011 Tohoku Earthquake and Tsunami, 2016 Kumamoto Earthquakes, and 2017 Northern Kyushu Flood, as part of Red Cross activities titled 'Disaster/Emergency Nursing.' These are just some examples of our educational practice, which is true to the spirit and name of JRCKICN.
Japanese Red Cross Academy of Nursing and its affiliated colleges follow the humanitarian principles of the Red Cross "regardless of enemies or allies" and "cherish human life and dignity." We aim to develop human resources who aspire to protect human life and health as future nurses and care providers. We provide them the advanced nursing and care provider education required to obtain the certificates they aim for. Japanese Red Cross Academy of Nursing and its affiliated colleges expect our future alumni, in the spirit of the Red Cross, to take an active part in protecting human life and dignity in large-scale disasters and disputes regardless of nationality, as well as faithfully carry out their mission as nurses and care providers.
Therefore, our curriculum includes the techniques and knowledge required for nurse and care provider certificates and fundamental knowledge of the Red Cross and international humanitarian law, and the skills and techniques of disaster nursing and international health.
Along with providing high-quality lectures and practicum in nursing, our college also emphasizes Liberal Arts education to lead students into awareness and appreciation of the diversity of human values. In 2016, our graduate school commenced 'Doctoral Course in Nursing' in cooperation with four other Red Cross nursing colleges in Japan. Now, several doctoral studies are in progress, taking advantage of our strengthened system for research guidance. We also have two divisions, 'Research Center for International Programs and Services' and 'Center of Continuing Education for Nurses', where we are actively improving the practice and strategies of nursing.
JRCKICN is for those who hope to offer a helping hand to people in distress and enhance people's health and quality of life through nursing practice: Yes, we are for you!
