International Journal of Nursing Education and Research

Valliammal Shanmugam ¹, Ramachandra ²

Affiliations
1 National Institute of Mental Health and Neurosciences (NIMHANS), Institute of National Importance (INI), Hosur Road, Bengaluru-560 029, Karnataka, IN
2 Department of Nursing, National Institute of Mental Health and Neurosciences (NIMHANS), Institute of National Importance (INI), Hosur Road, Bengaluru-560 029, Karnataka, IN

Abstract

Brain injury is a major health problem in civilian, military, and veteran populations. Individuals experiencing moderate to severe brain injury require a continuum of care involving acute hospitalization and rehabilitation, including community reintegration and, one would hope, a return home to function as a productive member of the community. This article discusses on the easily available and free apps that can stimulate the brain and hence recommended as a part of Brain injury rehabilitation.

Keywords

Brain Injury, Rehabilitation, Free Mobile Apps.

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Valliammal Shanmugam ¹, Ramachandra ², Raja Sudhakar Kantharaj ³

Affiliations
1 College of Nursing, National Institute of Mental Health and Neurosciences, Bangalore, IN
2 Department of Nursing, National Institute of Mental Health and Neurosciences, Bangalore, IN
3 Rajiv Gandhi University of Health Sciences, Bangalore, IN

Abstract

Children form a very important population in any society. The future health status and behaviour of a person are laid down during childhood. To ensure survival and healthy development into adulthood, proper care during childhood should address all the basic needs for children. Child care is mostly the responsibility of mothers. There are very few population based data on attitude of mothers on child rights in South India. The attitude of the mothers towards child rights is very important as they are the basic unit in rearing children. This study was therefore carried out among mothers at selected pediatric outpatient department of South India. The aim of the study was to assess attitude of mothers towards child rights of selected dimensions. An exploratory research design was adopted to accomplish the purpose of this study. Simple random sampling technique was used to select 40 mothers. The data was collected for a period of 10 days. Each day four subjects were interviewed. Modified Children's Rights Attitude semi structured four point Likert scale (Rogers and Wrightsman, 1978) was used as main screening.

instrument. It contained 25 items. The results revealed that the mean attitude score of the subjects was (69.30) with mean percentage of (69.3%). Majority of the subjects (92.5%) had moderately favourable attitude towards child rights. A significant association was found only between attitude score and residential status of the mothers (X2= 7.544, P< 0.05).

Keywords

Attitude, Child Rights, Mothers.

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Ramachandra ¹, Valliammal Shanmugam ²

Affiliations
1 Department of Nursing, National Institute of Mental Health and Neurosciences, Bangalore, IN
2 College of Nursing, National Institute of Mental Health and Neurosciences, Bangalore, IN

Abstract

The challenge for every educator is how to prepare students as to how best to work in their future profession. Besides to the concern and efforts of educators responsible for the quality of learning experiences, there is significant public interest in the outcome of educational programs, particularly in areas which enable the students to serve the public specially in nursing education. Today's health care system has become increasingly more complex. Nurses are now mandated to demonstrate efficiency with the use of time and resources, while continuing to demonstrate their value added impact on outcome. These mandates provide a strong rationale for adopting guidelines for excellence in nursing such as transformational leadership, structured nursing empowerment, clinical nursing excellence, evidence based practice and quality indicators in nursing through nursing education. Currently nursing education is based on competencies and outcome which focuses on the 'end product' and it is a faculty - student collaborative learning process. Here are some guidelines for integrating quality in nursing education.

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