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Katti, Anagha
- A Study to Assess the Effectiveness of Self Instructional Module on the Knowledge of Prevention of Nosocomial Infection among 2nd Year RGNM Students of Krishna Institute of Nursing Sciences at Karad
Authors
1 Krishna Institute of Nursing Sciences, Karad, IN
Source
International Journal of Innovative Research and Development, Vol 5, No 5 (2016), Pagination: 59-63Abstract
Background: Nowadays, the incidence of Nosocomial infection is increasing not only in India but also in other developed countries. Candida exist as normal flora on much of the human body, life-threatening invasive infections by these organism have increased in recent decades and causes of nosocomial blood stream infections worldwide. Ventilator associated pneumonia in childrens nosocomial sepsis is a serious problem for neonate.
Method: The study group comprised of (50) 2nd year RGNM students of Krishna Institute of Nsg Sciences. An evaluator approach is used to assess the effectiveness of self instructional module among student nurses, Quasi experimental one group pre-test and post test design was used. Students were selected by using purposive random sampling technique.
Results: The mean knowledge score in relation to total knowledge score shows that in pretest 15.1 and in post test 21.62 by using students paired ‘t’ test significant difference is found in mean knowledge score in pre and post test i.e. t=6.52 and p=0.043 which is less than 0.05.
Conclusion: The overall knowledge mean in the pretest are 15.1 with standard deviation of 2.978 and in the post test 21.62 with standard deviation of 2.311.
Keywords
Noso-Comial Infection, Effectiveness, Self-Instructional Module, Assess, Knowledge, Prevention.- Descriptive Study to Assess the Knowledge and Attitude on Ill Effects of Alcohol among Nursing Students in a Selected College at Karad
Authors
1 Department of Psychiatric Nursing, Krishna Institute of Nursing Sciences, Karad, Maharashtra, IN
2 Krishna Institute of Nursing Sciences, Karad, Maharashtra, IN
3 Department of Child Health Nursing, Krishna Institute of Nursing Sciences, Karad, Maharashtra, IN
4 Department of Psychiatric Nursing, Krishna Institute of Nursing Sciences, Karad, IN
5 Department of Community Health Nursing, Krishna Institute of Nursing Sciences, Karad, IN
Source
International Journal of Innovative Research and Development, Vol 5, No 5 (2016), Pagination: 133-136Abstract
Introduction: Alcohol is one of the most widely used drug substances in the world. Alcohol use and binge drinking among our nation’s youth is a major public health problem. The substance abuse is one of the rapidly growing problems among adolescents due to lack of knowledge regarding its ill effects. Methodology: The descriptive design research design was used in this study. 100 adolescent boys and girls, in the age group of 19-22 years, who are studying in selected nursing college at Karad, were selected by simple random sampling technique. Adolescents available at the time of the data collection and those willing to participate in the study were included. The researcher obtained prior permission from the concerned authority. Results: Maximum students are at the age of 18 (63%), staying with parents (53%), completed 12th standard study (97%) and belongs to average socio economic groups (86%). Mean knowledge score was 25 and standard deviation (2.645) among the respondents. 63% of students are having adequate knowledge, 92 % of student’s shows unfavorable attitude towards alcohol use. Conclusion: Students are aware about the ill effect of alcohol and having negative attitude towards alcohol.