Moshiokuri, or explaining what one did to one's successor before calling it a day, has long been regarded as a practice indispensable for the smooth continuation of nursing business. However, there has been much to be done in terms of efficiency. In our hospital, moshiokuri was taken up as a problem because it took long and prevented nurses from getting down to work by bedsides without delay. In 1994 the nursing record committee started to examine the practice and improvedthe roster. Later, the card indexing system for individuals was abolished. In 1998, the nursing department made the abolishment of moshiokuri practice its chief aim to improve nursing efficiency. For the attainment of the aim, the nursing record committee played an important role as a prime mover. While exchanges of information between wards were being promoted, study sessions were frequently held to enrich nursing records and improve the efficiency of nursing work. Thus, moshiokuri was partlydiscontinued and abolished totally in March, 1999. Now, the nurses have plenty of timecaring bed-ridden patients. Improvement has been made on the nursing record.

Canine mammary gland tumors (CMGTs), which are the most common neoplasms in sexually intact female dogs, have been suggested as a model for studying human breast cancer because of several similarities, including relative age of onset, risk factors, incidence, histological and molecular features, biological behavior, metastatic pattern, and responses to therapy. In the present study, we established a new cell line, the SNP cell line, from a CMGT. A tumor formed in each NOD.CB17-Prkdc (scid)/J mouse at the site of subcutaneous SNP cell injection. SNP cells are characterized by proliferation in a tubulopapillary pattern and are vimentin positive. Moreover, we examined miRNA expression in the cultured cells and found that the expression values of miRNA-143 and miRNA-138a showed the greatest increase and decrease, respectively, of all miRNAs observed, indicating that these miRNAs might play a significant role in the malignancy of SNP cells. Overall, the results of this study indicate that SNP cells might serve as a model for future genetic analysis and clinical treatments of human breast tumors.
Age of Onset ; Animals ; Breast Neoplasms ; Cell Line ; Cell Line, Tumor* ; Cells, Cultured ; Dogs ; Female ; Humans ; Incidence ; Mammary Glands, Human* ; Mice ; MicroRNAs* ; Risk Factors ; Vimentin