Nursing Managers Must See: "Nursing Management Practice Design Dojo" Kicks Off | 1st Lecture on May 16th Held for Free

The Japan Male Nurses Association (Shinjuku-ku, Tokyo; Representative Director: Kosuke Tsubota; hereinafter "the Association") is sponsoring the "Nursing Management Practice Design Dojo," a practical community for nursing managers. The first lecture will be held online for free on Saturday, May 16, 2026, from 9:00 AM to 9:45 AM. Mr. Naotaka Kanda, Nursing Director of Shinkoshigaya Hospital and a partner member of the Association, will speak at the first lecture. He will discuss the core decision-making processes in nursing department management that led to a tenfold increase in recruitment over two years. ■ Background and Challenges Amidst an increasingly severe environment for medical institutions, nursing managers are constantly forced to make "judgments." - Chronic shortage of nurses and difficulty in recruitment - Soaring labor costs and pressure on hospital management - Response to bed occupancy rates and staffing standards - Management of diverse working styles and values - Immediate response to harassment and mental health issues However, there have been very few opportunities to share the process and struggles of these judgments among managers in similar positions. Nursing management is a job that can easily lead to isolation. That is why a place to share judgments is needed—this awareness of the problem is the starting point of this community. ■ What is the Nursing Management Practice Design Dojo? It is a practical community where nursing managers, transcending the boundaries of hospitals and scale, can share not only success stories but also real decision-making processes, including failures and uncertainties, and learn from each other. What you can gain by participating: - Your "axis of judgment" will be verbalized - You can learn about real decision-making in other hospitals - Your concerns will be structurally organized - Connections with other managers will be formed Future Developments (Planned): - Monthly online study sessions - Quarterly real-life interaction/networking meetings - Future development into specialized subcommittees and a membership system ■ Content of the 1st Lecture "The Decision-Making Axis for Nursing Department Management That Cannot Be Learned from Textbooks: From 7 New Graduate Hires Annually to 100 Hires in 2 Years " Mr. Naotaka Kanda, Nursing Director of Shinkoshigaya Hospital, which boasts the No. 1 recruitment record within the IMS Group, will speak at the first lecture. This lecture is not about "recruitment." It delves into the foundation of nursing department management that produced the outcome of a tenfold increase in recruitment—"What should be prepared before recruitment," "What is the axis of judgment for moving the organization," and "How to create a system that the field can accept"—approaching the core of decision-making. ■ Recommended for - Nursing Directors, Assistant Nursing Directors, and Head Nurses - Those aspiring to become managers in the future - Those who want to learn management - Those struggling with decision-making as a manager - Those who want to know about the real operations of other hospitals *Limited to medical professionals ■ Event Overview Date: Saturday, May 16, 2026, 9:00 AM - 9:45 AM Format: Online (Zoom) Participation Fee: Free Organizer: Nursing Design Lab Sponsors: The Japan Male Nurses Association / Plusbase Co., Ltd. Nursing Management Practice Design Dojo Details: https://x.gd/ZaI4G Application Form: https://forms.gle/AuzWqTe3qLvpxrGV9 ■ Comments from Stakeholders Naotaka Kanda, Nursing Director, Nursing Design Lab Nursing managers stand between the front lines and management, and are daily required to make extremely difficult decisions. However, opportunities to share these judgments and conflicts are not abundant. Through this initiative, we will support the creation of an environment where nursing managers can learn and grow together without becoming isolated. Noriyuki Ashihara, Representative Director, Hospital Design Lab "The sensitivity of design" to the nursing field. Creating new perspectives to support medical management. The Hospital Design Lab has until now provided opportunities for medical administration staff to gain "insights" from diverse perspectives. This time, our institute is expanding its circle of support and will support a new online seminar aimed at nursing managers, who are central to the medical field. The core of this project is to allow nursing managers to discover the significance of combining "the essence of the medical field" with "the sensitivity to design nursing." - Penetration of management perspective: By honing the management sense of nursing professionals on the front lines, it becomes possible to provide efficient and high-quality medical services. - Problem-solving through design: Not just aesthetics, but cultivating "design thinking" that rebuilds field mechanisms and communication, thereby drawing out organizational creativity. Yoshino Ujie, Representative Director, Plusbase Co., Ltd. Plusbase Co., Ltd. is committed to "realizing a rich and sustainable medical system" and expanding the options for medical professionals' working styles and medical institutions' recruitment methods. Since its establishment in 2022, we have strongly felt the burden and loneliness of decision-making that nursing managers face daily while engaging with the field. We believe that the "Nursing Management Practice Design Dojo" is a highly meaningful initiative for sharing such judgments and conflicts and learning from each other. By sharing not only success stories but also uncertainties and trial-and-error, current