Journal of Nursing Science & Practice
Volume 8, Issue 2 (2018)
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A Study to Assess the Level of Stress among Nursing Students in Selected Nursing Institutions of Karnataka, India
Abstract: Stress has been identified as a 21st century disease and has been viewed as a complex and dynamic transaction between individuals and their environments. Academic stress among college students has been a topic of interest for many years. There is little empirical evidence about the level of stress suffered by nursing students and its impact on their health throughout clinical practice. Therefore, a study has undertaken to explore the level …
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Problems among patients on hemodialysis in a tertiary care hospital
Abstract: Hemodialysis is an effective renal replacement therapy for patients with renal failure. However, these patients are chronic and under long term hemodialysis. The present study was carried out to identify the problems among patients on hemodialysis visiting artificial kidney unit, PGIMER, Chandigarh. A descriptive approach was used to enroll 50 patients using total enumeration technique who were meeting inclusion criteria. A self-structured interview schedule and modified Caregiver Burden Inventory were …
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Emotional Intelligence related to Interpersonal relationship and Mental Health among Nursing students
Abstract: Emotional Intelligence refers to experiencing one’s self in a conscious manner. Emotional Intelligence is the ability to perceive, express, understand, motivate, control and regulate emotion. Emotional intelligence (EI) is the ability to recognize one's own and other people's emotions, to discriminate between different feelings and label them appropriately, and to use emotional information to guide thinking and behaviour and making Interpersonal Relationship. The objective of the study was to assess …
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Less Known Alice in Wonderland Syndrome: An Overview
Abstract: Alice in Wonderland syndrome, commonly abbreviated as AIWS or AWS, is a disorienting neurological ailment characterized by a set of symptoms that affect and alter the patient’s perception.in this the person experience a wide range of distortions in the perception of size, including micropsia, macropsia, teleopsia or pelopsia. Some of the suspected causes in causing the disease are head trauma, migraines Infection, tumours etc. There is no treatment for Alice …
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A Study to assess Prescription pattern in outpatient department of tertiary care hospital
Abstract: ABSTRACTBackground:Antibiotic resistance and irrational prescribing is a global concern, is particularly pressing in developing nations, including India, where the burden of infectious disease is high and healthcare spending is low. The Global Antibiotic Resistance Partnership (GARP) was established to develop actionable policy recommendations specifically relevant to low- and middle-income countries where suboptimal access to antibiotics - not a major concern in high-income countries - is possibly as severe a problem …
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A Study to Assess the Effectiveness of Planned Teaching Programme on Knowledge Regarding Preconception Care among Adolescents of Selected Colleges of Ahmedabad
Abstract: An investigator conducted study to assess the effectiveness of Planned Teaching Programme regarding pre conception care among adolescents of selected colleges of Ahmadabad. Objective of the study were to assess the knowledge of adolescent before and after administration of Planned Teaching Programme. The investigator has choosen the quasi experimental research design. 120 adolescents of selected colleges were selected as a sample by non probability convenient sampling technique. The data were …
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Knowledge and Attitude towards Teenage Pregnancy among Adolescent Students of selected Urban and Rural Schools of East Sikkim
Abstract: Pregnant teenagers face many of the same pregnancy related issues as other women. On a global level, 95% of the adolescents (aged 15–19) gives birth a child which take place in developing countries. Every year, some 3 million girls in this age bracket resort to unsafe abortion, risking their lives and health. The primary purpose of this study was to explore the knowledge and attitude towards teenage pregnancy among adolescent …
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A Comparative Study on Nutritional Assessment and the Health of Toddlers (1–3 year) in Urban and Rural community of Ludhiana, Punjab, India.
Abstract: Toddlerhood is difficult exiting interesting period of life. Developmental milestones are a set of functional skills or age-specific tasks that most children can do at a certain age range. The study sample was 500 toddlers aged 1–3 year was selected, 250 from urban and 250 from almost equal number of male and female toddlers. A modified conceptual frame work of the study was based on the Callista Roy Adaptation Model. …
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