Journal of Nursing Research, Education and Management (e-ISSN: 2582-001X)

Ottis Media

S. Sreeremya — 2019-01-23

Ottis media is an anomaliy happening in the middle ear. Basically ottis media can be clinically manifestated as a condition of ear where it is infested with bacteria or virus. The major objective of this paper is to understand about the characteristics and clinical implications of the disease.

Life Impact of Prosopagnosia

Saravanan. S — 2019-02-16

Prosopagnosia is an impairment in the recognition or identification of faces including one's own face (self-recognition), while the other areas of visual processing (e.g., object discrimination) and intellectual functioning (e.g., decision making and problem solving) remain intact. Prosopagnosia is also known as 'Face blindness. Many people with Prosopagnosia aren't able to recognise their family members, friends or relatives. It often affects people from birth and it can have a severe impact on everyday life.

A Study to Assess The Level Of Stress And Coping Strategies Adopted By Parents Of The Neonates Admitted In NICU In Selected Hospitals, Bangalore

Mr. Akhilesh Sharma — 2019-03-26

The present study assessed the level of stress and coping strategies adopted by the parents of the neonates admitted in NICU. The result revealed that majority (55%) of the subjects had moderate level of stress and 73.33% had moderately adequate coping strategies. Demographic variables have no influence on the level of stress of parents of the neonates admitted in NICU. But the Age, Type of family and weeks of gestation stream may be a significant factor in determining the level of stress and coping strategies of parents of the neonates admitted in NICU.

A Study to Assess the Knowledge and Nursing Care of the Bed Ridden Patient Provided By Staff Nurses Working in Selected Hospitals of Ahmedabad city

Usha Singh — 2019-04-25

A Study to Assess the knowledge and Nursing Care of the Bed Ridden Patient Provided By Staff Nurses Working in Selected Hospitals of Ahmedabad city. The study aimed with the objectives of to identify the knowledge of nursing procedures to be done for bed ridden patient carried out by nurses, nursing students and others also to know satisfaction among staff nurses and to identify the factors responsible for non-practice of nursing procedures. Non-probability sampling technique, 100 samples were selected. There were 12(12%) male, 88(88%) female. The pilot study was conducted on 10 samples. Majority of samples (43.67%) were in age group of 41 and above and were female. Majority of staff nurses had educational qualification up to G.N.M. (97%). If further shows that majority of the staff nurses had clinical experience of above 10 yrs. Majority of the staff nurse practicing (50%) the nursing procedures in general care of bed ridden patients. Majority of the staff nurses (100%) practice nursing procedures like, care of dead, discharge care, biomedical waste management, recording and reporting. Another procedures like oral medication, oxygen therapy, I.V. / I.M. Medication. It was found that very few staff nurses (3%) nursing procedures carried out by staff nurses for care of bed ridden patient like bandaging, bedpan & urinal replacement, Ryles tube feeding, E.T. tube / tracheostomy tube dressing, exercise, dressing, personal hygiene, care of drainage, enema, sitz bath, application of hot water bag, cold application, collection of specimen, and tepid sponge. Majority of the G.N.M. nursing student (99%) perform nursing procedures like T.P.R., Enema, Urine Testing, Oxygen Therapy, Oral for Medication caring bed ridden patient. Majority of the B.Sc. Nursing students (99.3%) were practicing nursing procedures like T.P.R., Enema, Urine Testing, oxygen therapy and oral medication.

A Study to Assess the Knowledge and Practices of Staff Nurses Regarding Prevention of Needle Stick Injury in Selected Hospitals

Balbir Yadav — 2019-05-20

Needle stick injuries are very common and occupational hazards for all health care workers all over the world. The study aimed with the objective of: To assess the knowledge and practices of staff nurses regarding prevention of needle stick injuries. Health care personnel are always at risk of needle stick injuries while caring for their patients. Such injuries can lead to serious or fatal infections with different blood borne pathogens. So researcher felt that the need to assess the knowledge and practices of staff nurses regarding prevention of needle stick injury with a view to develop self instruction module as it will create awareness among the staff nurses about prevention, and to how to handle the needles and other sharp equipments during care and procedures in a better manner. The research approach adopted in the present study is descriptive survey and research design was descriptive research design. The purposive sampling technique was used to select the hospitals and Simple random sampling technique was used to select the sample. The sample size was 150 staff nurses. Data were collected by using structured interview schedule and a non-observation checklist. Result showed that 84 staff nurses (56%) had average knowledge, 41.33 per cent of staff nurses had low knowledge, and only 2.67 per cent of staff nurses had high knowledge and Only 44 staff nurses (29%) followed moderate practices and 106 staff nurses (71%) followed adequate practice regarding prevention of needle stick injury.