PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a nursing work support system and a nursing work support method which support improvement of the efficiency of a nursing behavior to a patient in a hospital and a nursing facility.SOLUTION: The nursing work support system for supporting nursing works for a patient comprises a terminal device, a master set, and a slave set. The terminal device comprises: a storage part which is carried by a patient and has a characteristic ID stored therein; a positional detection part which detects a present position; and a reception part which receives a call request from the patient. When the reception part received the call request, the terminal device transmits a call signal with an ID stored in the storage part and a present position detected by the positional detection part. The master set receives the call signal, the ID and the present position transmitted from the terminal device and when receiving them, gives notification that a call is performed, with the ID and the present position. The slave set received the notification from the master set.SELECTED DRAWING: Figure 1【課題】病院や介護施設における患者への看護行為の効率化を支援する看護業務支援システム及び看護業務支援方法を提供すること。【解決手段】患者の看護業務を支援するための看護業務支援システムであって、患者が携帯し、固有のIDが記憶された記憶部と、現在位置を検出する位置検出部と、患者からの呼出要求を受け付ける受付部とを有し、受付部で呼出要求が受け付けられると、呼出信号を記憶部に記憶されているID及び位置検出部で検出される現在位置とともに送信する端末装置と、端末装置から送信される呼出信号、ID及び現在位置を受信し、呼出信号を受信すると、呼出が行われたことをID及び現在位置とともに報知する親機と、医療従事者が所持し、親機からの報知を受信する子機とを備える。【選択図】図1