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P. Vadivukkarasi Ramanadin ¹, Manjeet Kaur ²

Affiliations
1 Dept. of OBG (N), Mata Sahib Kaur College of Nursing, Mohali, Punjab, IN
2 Mata Sahib Kaur College of Nursing, Mohali, Punjab, IN

Abstract

Nursing is the noblest of all profession. Nurses should be efficient in providing health care which requires skill in all aspects including computer application in nursing practice. With an aim of this the investigators undertook the study to assess the attitude of the Staff Nurses towards computer application in nursing practice by a standardized scale called P.A.T.C.H. Scale (Pretest for Attitudes Towards Computers in Healthcare). Thirty Staff Nurses working in the Private Hospital, Pondicherry were selected by Non-Probability, Convenient sampling Technique. P.A.T.C.H. Scale was administered to assess their attitude. Differential&inferential Statistics were used to assess their attitude. Study findings shows that 5 % of Staff Nurses had limited awareness, 40% of them had realistic view, 55 % of them had Enthusiastic view and 5 % of them had idealistic view and also 59% of them shown positive attitude, 20% of them had negative attitude and 21% of them had no opinion on computer application in nursing practice. This study shows that though we are in technology world many of the staff nurses have less awareness towards computer application in nursing practice and it can be changed by conducting Inservice education programme.

Keywords

PATCH, Scale (Pretest for Attitudes Towards Computers in Healthcare), Realistic view, Enthusiastic view & Idealistic View

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G. Muthamilselvi ¹, P. Vadivukkarasi Ramanadin ²

Affiliations
1 Vinayaka Mission's College of Nursing, Pudhucherry, IN
2 Dept. of OBG, Mata Sahib Kaur College of Nursing, Mohali, Punjab, IN

Abstract

Assessment of clinical competence is an essential, mandatory requirement for health care profession. But it became a tough job for nurse educator as it poses several challenges in terms of objectivity and reliability. The OSCE which is the performance based method helps to overcome these challenges. This study was undertaken with the aim of assessing the knowledge, attitude&exploring the opinion towards OSCE among the nursing faculty by using mixed method. Knowledge on OSCE was assessed by using Structured Questionnaire with 15 items&attitude was assessed by using five point Likert scale with 10 items. Unstructured Questionnaire was formulated to explore an opinion. Non - Probability, Convenient sampling technique was used to select Thirty Nursing Faculty. Study findings revealed that 40 % of the nursing faculty had excellent knowledge, 47% of them had adequate knowledge and13% of them had inadequate knowledge and also it shows that 73% of them had positive attitude&27% of them had negative attitude towards OSCE. Correlation between Knowledge&Attitude towards OSCE found to be moderately negative. Opinion on OSCE was explored&grouped under "Opinion on OSCE", "Client Care", "Clinical Evaluation", "Utilization of Resources"&"Difference between OSCE&Traditional method of Clinical Examination". The study recommends that the Nursing Faculty should develop positive Opinion&skill in preparing the students by using OSCE.

Keywords

Objective Structured Clinical Examination, Sequential Research Method, Qualitative Research Approach & Interview Schedule

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G. Muthamilselvi ¹, P. Vadivukkarasi Ramanadin ²

Affiliations
1 Vinayaka Mission’s College of Nursing,, Pudhucherry, IN
2 Dept. of OBG (N), Mata Sahib Kaur College of Nursing, Mohali, Punjab, IN

Abstract

Assessment of clinical competence is an essential, mandatory requirement for health care profession. But it became a tough job for nurse educator as it poses several challenges in terms of objectivity and reliability. The OSCE which is the performance based method helps to overcome these challenges. This study was undertaken with the aim of assessing the knowledge, attitude and exploring the opinion towards OSCE among the nursing faculty by using mixed method. Knowledge on OSCE was assessed by using Structured Questionnaire with 15 items and attitude was assessed by using five point Likert scale with 10 items. Unstructured Questionnaire was formulated to explore an opinion. Non - Probability, Convenient sampling technique was used to select Thirty Nursing Faculty. Study findings shows that the Nursing Faculty have 40% Excellent knowledge, 47% of them have Adequate and 13% of them have inadequate knowledge and also it shows that 73% of them have positive attitude and 27% of them have negative attitude towards OSCE. Correlation between Knowledge and Attitude towards OSCE reveals that moderately negative correlation. Opinion on OSCE was explored and grouped under "Opinion on OSCE", "Client Care", "Clinical Evaluation", "Utilization of Resources" and "Difference between OSCE and Traditional method of Clinical Examination". The study recommends that the Nursing Faculty should develop positive Opinion and skill in preparing the students by using OSCE.

Keywords

Objective Structured Clinical Examination, Sequential Research Method, Qualitative Research Approach and Interview Schedule.

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Nisha Walia ¹, P. Vadivukkarasi Ramanadin ¹

Affiliations
1 Dept. of OBG(N), Mata Sahib Kaur College of Nursing, Balongi, Mohali, IN

Abstract

Pregnancy is more precious experience. First pregnancy is more joyful and also feels anxious about how they are going to cope with themselves. With this aim the researcher made an attempt to assess anxiety on labour process among the pregnant women. A quantitative research approach with descriptive design was adopted. The sample consists of 100 primigravida by purposive sampling technique. Structured interview schedule was used to collect the data from primigravida females in the month of Feb. The collected data was analyzed by using descriptive and inferential statistics. Study findings shows that the majority of the primigravida i.e. 43% belongs to the age group of less than 23 years, 33% of the primigravida were studied till metric class, majority (81%) of primigravida were house wives, 53% of primigravida were from the families having monthly income of less than Rs.10,000/-, 52% of primigravida were housewives, majority (59%) of the primigravida were from nuclear family and 41% of primigravida gained knowledge on labour from their family. Assessment of anxiety by the Hamilton anxiety scale shows that majority of the primigravida i.e. 79% had moderate level of anxiety, 14% of primigravida had mild level of anxiety and 7% of them had severe level of anxiety. Study findings reveal that there is association between level of anxiety and income. It also denotes that there is no association between level of anxiety and age, education, occupation, religion, type of family and source of information.

Keywords

Primigravida, Hamilton Anxiety Scale, Labour Process, Reliability and F - Test.

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Sumitpal Kaur ¹, P. Vadivukkarasi Ramanadin ², Kiran Bala ³

Affiliations
1 Mata Sahib Kaur College of Nursing, Mohali, Punjab, IN
2 Dept. of OBG, Mata Sahib Kaur College of Nursing, Mohali, Punjab, IN
3 Dept. of OBG (N) Mata Sahib Kaur College of Nursing, Mohali, Punjab, IN

Abstract

Breastfeeding is natural (physiological) and instinctive, and nearly all mothers do it. Breastfeeding is an art and a skill which needs to be learnt and mastered. Postnatal period is crucial and mothers need to be given more information regarding breastfeeding. Mothers have many doubts and fears about breastfeeding and caring for their young ones. With this aim the study was conducted to evaluate the effectiveness of a planned teaching programme regarding management of breast feeding problems. Quantitative approach with a quasi experimental randomized comparison group research design was used. By convenient sampling technique 60 primigravida women were selected out of which 30 in experimental and 30 was in comparison group. Data were collected by using self administered structured knowledge questionnaire on management of breast feeding problems and it was analyzed by using descriptive and inferential statistics. Distribution of the postnatal mothers according to their demographic variable shows that maximum postnatal mothers (50.0%) were in age group of 24-26 years, 50.0% of them were belongs to Hindu religion, 41.7% were having secondary education, more than half of the postnatal mothers (71.6%) were housewife, 56.6% of them were belongs to nuclear family, maximum postnatal mothers (55.5%) were having family income of less than Rs.5000/- and majority of the postnatal mothers (65.0%) were primigravida. The effectiveness of planned teaching programme on management of breast feeding problems was analyzed by using paired t-test (t_{(29, 0.05)} = 31.687, 0.000) and unpaired t- test value (t_(58,0.05) = 10.612, 0.000) which was highly significant at 0.05 level. The chi square value showed that there was a significant association between the knowledge of primigravida women with their age (χ² (2, 0.05) = 8.077, 0.018*), educational status (χ² (2, 0.05) = 100.8, 0.002**), occupation (χ² (1, 0.05) = 7.105, 0.02) and parity (χ²(1, 0.05) = 7.377, 0.007*) at p<0.05 level. It also shows that there is no association of pretest level of knowledge with religion, type of family and family income.

Keywords

Management of Breast Feeding Problems, Planned Teaching Programme, Postnatal Mothers.

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Nisha Walia ¹, P. Vadivukkarasi Ramanadin ², Kiran ³

Affiliations
1 Mata Sahib Kaur College of Nursing, Mohali, Punjab, IN
2 Dept. of OBG (N)., Mata Sahib Kaur College of Nursing, Mohali, Punjab, IN
3 Dept. of OBG (N), Mata Sahib Kaur College of Nursing, Mohali, Punjab, IN

Abstract

Becoming a mother is an important stage in every woman's life. First time mothers in particular may feel anxious about how they are going to cope with themselves. With this aim the researcher made an attempt to assess and correlated the knowledge and anxiety on labour process. A quantitative research approach with descriptive design was adopted. The sample consists of 100 primigravida by purposive sampling technique. Structured interview schedule was used to collect the data from primigravida. The collected data were analyzed by using descriptive and inferential statistics. Study findings shows that the majority of the primigravida i.e. 43% belongs to the age group of less than 23 years, 33% of the primigravida were studied till metric class, majority (81%) of primigravida were house wives, 53% of primigravida were from the families having monthly income of less than Rs.10,000/-, 52% of primigravida were housewives, majority (59%) of the primigravida were from nuclear family and 41% of primigravida gained knowledge on labour from their family. It also shows that 53% of the primigravida had good level of knowledge, followed by 30% of them had average level of knowledge, 11% had excellent level of knowledge and only 6% of them had low level of knowledge. The study findings show that there is an association between the level of knowledge and education, occupation and source of information.

Keywords

Primigravida, Labour Process, Structured Interview Schedule, Structured Knowledge Questionnaire, Purposive Sampling Technique.

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P. Vadivukkarasi Ramanadin ¹, G. Muthamilselvi ², Manjeet Kaur ³

Affiliations
1 Dept. of OBG., Mata Sahib Kaur College of Nursing, Mohali, Punjab, IN
2 Vinayaka Mission’s College of Nursing, Pudhucherry, IN
3 Mata Sahib Kaur College of Nursing, Mohali, Punjab, IN

Abstract

Nursing is professional caring. Though we are in technology world many of the Hospital follows the most of the traditional method of nursing care which has got lot of paper work than the client care. This trend has to be changed. Hence this study is focusing on assessment and comparison of Nurses attitude towards computer application in nursing practice by a standardized tool P.A.T.C.H (Pretest for Attitudes Toward Computers in Healthcare). Quantitative approach with descriptive research design was used for the study. Staff Nurses working in Private Hospital and Government Hospital were selected by using convenient sampling technique. Total sample size is forty. Prochaska Diclemente's Stage of Change Model theory was applied for the present study. Both descriptive and inferential technique was used for the study. Study findings shows, according to P.A.T.C.H. Scale Private Staff Nurses had 5% of the limited awareness, 40% of them had realistic view, 50% of them had enthusiastic view and 5% of them had idealistic view about computer application in nursing practice. Government Staff Nurses had 35% realistic view, 55% of them had enthusiastic view and 10% of them had idealistic view. Among the Private staff Nurses 59% of them had positive attitude, 20% of them had negative attitude and 21% of them were expressed that no opinion. Among the Government Staff Nurses 59.5% of them had positive attitude, 15% of them were had negative attitude and 25.5% of them were expressed as no opinion. Chi square test was used to find out the association between attitude and selected demographic variables at 0.05 level of significance. It shows that there is no association between attitude and age, sex, education, Year of experience, Income, Type of family, religion, marital status and Place of residence. There is association between attitude and Source of information. Overall finding of the study shows that there is no much difference between private and government staff nurses towards computer application in nursing practice. They must be educated regarding current trends and recent advancement by using information technology.

Keywords

P.A.T.C.H (Pretest for Attitudes Toward Computers in Healthcare), Nursing Informatics, Prochaska Diclemente’s Stage of Change Model, Enthusiastic View and Idealistic View.

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P. Vadivukkarasi Ramanadin ¹, Tripal Chaudhari ², Bhavisha Sujeeta ³, Heena Christulas Jyoti ³, Churchlin Sonlin ³, Trupti Najbunnisha ³, Nijin Thomas ³, Lakshmy Chandran ³, Patel Hetal Sejal ³, Sakuntala Susana ³

Affiliations
1 Dept. of OBG(N), Shri Vinoba Bhave College of Nursing, Silvassa, DNH, IN
2 Dept. of Child Health Nursing, SVBCON, Silvassa, DNH, IN
3 SVBCON, Silvassa, DNH, IN

Abstract

Background: Most of the time having a baby is a natural process. A pregnancy is considered high risk when complication occurs to the mother, baby or both. Aim: This study examined the effectiveness of planned teaching programme regarding knowledge on identification of high risk pregnancy among healthcare workers working at periphery level in Daman. Methods and Materials: A pre-experimental one group pre-test and posttest deign was used with convenient sampling technique on 80 samples. Structured knowledge questionnaire was used to assess the knowledge. Result: The pretest level of knowledge on antenatal care among health care workers shows that 60% of them have average, 38.75% them have poor and 1.25% of them have good knowledge. Posttest finding shows that 51.25% of them have average, 47.5% them have good and 1.2% of them have poor knowledge. It shows that pretest mean was 3.762 and posttest mean was 6.575, SD was 2.27, mean difference was 2.8123. Calculated paired t test value [t _{(79, 0.05)} = 10.97 > 2.8123] is higher than the table value, which shows that the planned teaching programme was effective. The association between the level of knowledge and their socio- demographic variables were assessed by chi- square test which shows there is no significant. Conclusion: The overall average mean score indicated that planned teaching programme was effective in increasing knowledge of post test score of healthcare worker regarding identification of high risk pregnancy.

Keywords

Healthcare Workers, Planned Teaching Programme, High Risk Pregnancy, Paired 't’ Test and Chi - Square Test.

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