International Journal of Medical Surgical Nursing
Volume 1, Issue 1 (2018)
Published
Table of contents
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EFFECTIVENESS OF PLANNED NURSING CARE AMONG PATIENTS WITH CEREBRO VASCULAR ACCIDENT(CVA)
Abstract: A case study was conducted on the patients with cerebro vascular accident at VMKVMC Hospital Salem, with the objective of assessing the effectiveness of planned nursing interventions for the patients with cerebro vascular accident from 06-06-2016 to 17-06 -2016. All the six patients had inability to move upper and lower extremities, muscle weakness, pain, aphasia, unable to carry out normal activity. Demographic data analysis revealed that the highest percentage (33% …
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A Study to Evaluate the Effectiveness of Structure Teaching programme on Knowledge Regarding Hazards of Radiation Exposure and its Preventive measures among Staff Nurses
Abstract: Radiation is the energy that propagates through matter or space. Radiations are usually classified in to Non-ionizing and ionizing radiation. Ionizing radiation is the main concern for health effects since it can change chemical properties in human body. When radiation pears a body that can deposit energy that can directly damage the DNA in tissue that would eventually cause damage to critical chemical bond in body. So it is necessary …
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Effectiveness of Protocol on Standard Precautions for the Prevention of Infections in Terms of Practice among Staff Nurses working in Tertiary Care Hospital, Bhubaneswar, Odisha
Abstract: Nosocomial infection in the severe care unit (ICU) is connected with enlarged mortality, morbidity and span of stay. It is defined as contamination that begins 48 hours after charge to hospital. The commonest types are ventilator-associated pneumonia (VAP), central line-associated bloodstream infection (CLABSI), catheter-related urinary tract infection (CAUTI) and surgical site infection (SSI). The common pathogens include Staphylococcus aureus, Pseudomonas aeruginosa, Candida, Escherichia coli and Klebsiella species. Antimicrobial resistance is …
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Posttraumatic Behavioral and Cognitive Alterations Among Patients With Head Injury
Abstract: Trauma to the Central Nervous System constitutes an important cause of death and permanent disability. According to CDC the yearly incidence of TBI is eight times greater than that of breast cancer and 34 times greater than HIV/AIDS. TBI meaningfully touch cognitive, physical, and emotional skills. It comprises ambulation, equilibrium, coordination, fine motor skills, strength, communication, data processing, and recollection and so on. Need for the study: injury to the …
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ASSESSMENT OF KNOWLEDGE ON HARMONIC SCALPEL AMONG NURSES WORKING IN OPERATION THEATRE.
Abstract: The aim of the study is toassess the level of knowledge on harmonic scalpel among nurses. Descriptive Research design was chosen.The size of the samplewas 30andconvenence sampling technique used . The study result shows that 20 (67%) Nurses had moderately adequate knowledge and 10 (33%) of them had adequate knowledge on harmonic scalpel. None of their demographic variables had significant association with level of Knowledge on harmonic scalpel. None of …
Published in International Journal of Medical Surgical Nursing · Vol. 1, Issue 1, 2018 · pp. 9–11 Read article