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Kumar, Vinay
- A Study to Assess the Effectiveness of Structured Teaching Programme on the Knowledge of Women Regarding Menopausal Changes in Selected Rural Areas of Mysore
Authors
1 Community Health Nursing Department, JSS College of Nursing, Mysore, IN
Source
Asian Journal of Nursing Education and Research, Vol 5, No 3 (2015), Pagination: 385-388Abstract
Introduction: Menopause means permanent cessation of menstruation at the end of the reproductive life due to loss of ovarian follicular activity. It is the point of time when last and final menstruation occurs.
Aims and objectives: The main aim of the study was to assess the level of knowledge among rural women regarding menopausal changes in selected rural areas of Mysore. Approach and design: In the study, pre-experimental one group pre-test post-test design was used.
Samples and sampling criteria: Convenient sampling technique was adopted to select 30 rural women. The knowledge was measured by using structured knowledge questionnaire regarding menopausal changes. A structured teaching programme was conducted for the samples. The data collected were analysed using descriptive and inferential statistics. Result: The results of study revealed that the significance of difference between the mean pre-test and mean post-test knowledge scores which was statistically tested using paired 't' test and was found to be highly significant at 0.05 level of significance. The results also show that the knowledge scores of rural women had no significant association with their selected personal variables like age, education, religion, occupation, type of family, marital status, previous exposure to any awareness programmes, Utilization of services, sources of awareness, illness, number of children, attainment of menopause, use of contraceptive, type of contraceptive, mode of delivery,
Conclusion: Therefore, the study concluded that the administration of structured teaching programme was an effective method to improve the knowledge of rural women regarding menopausal changes.
Keywords
Effectiveness, Structured Teaching Programme, Knowledge, Rural Women, Menopausal Changes.
- A Descriptive Study to assess the Knowledge among the Nurses Regarding Prevention of Medical Error among the Nurses in Selected Hospital at Mysore
Authors
1 JSS College of Nursing, Mysore, IN
Source
Asian Journal of Nursing Education and Research, Vol 5, No 2 (2015), Pagination: 259-261Abstract
BACK GROUND OF THE STUDY: A medical error occurs when a health-care provider chooses an inappropriate method of care or improperly executes an appropriate method of care. Medical errors are often described as human errors in healthcare. However, medical error definitions are subject to debate, as there are many types of medical error from minor to major, and causality is often poorly determined. India is recording a whopping 5.2 million injuries each year due to medical errors and adverse events.
OBJECTIVES:
1) To assess the knowledge regarding prevention of medical error among the nurses.
2) To find the association of knowledge regarding prevention of medical errors among nurse with their selected demographic variables.
METHODS: A descriptive survey was adopted. The sample consists of 60 nurses using non probability convenient sampling technique from selected hospital at Mysore. The data collection tool consisted of a personal profile, structured knowledge questionnaire. Content validity of the structured knowledge questionnaire is established in consultation with subject experts. Reliability of structured knowledge questionnaire was done by using split half method and 0.80 were found reliable.
RESULT: The data analysis was done by both descriptive and inferential statistics. Findings of the study revealed that nurses 15(25%) are having moderate knowledge and 45(75%) are having good knowledge regarding prevention of medical error. There was no significant association found between knowledge level with their selected personnel variables.