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Polycystic Ovarian Syndrome (PCOS) is one of the most common endocrine disorders that affectingwomen in reproductive age. Incidence rate isabout5% to 10% in this age group. Nursesare in a position to improve attitude of individualsaffected with the syndrome, soenhancing the attitudeof nursing students regarding PCOS will help to modify attitude ofgeneral population. Aim of the study was to improve the attitudeof B.Sc. Nursing students regarding PCOS.Quasi experimental research approach,non-randomized control group pre-test-post–test design was used.80 B.Sc. Nursing students were selected by using purposivesampling technique.Likert scalewas used to collect the data from the samples.Result of the study revealed that in experimental group, mean pre-test attitude score was 54.70,more than half 75%of the nursing studentshad unfavorable attitude, 25%had moderately favorable attitudeand none of them had favorable attitude, Mean post-test attitudescore of B.Sc. Nursing students was 93.72, none of the nursing studenthad unfavorable attitude, 15% had moderately favorable attitudeand 85% had favorable attitude. In comparison group, Mean pre-test attitudescore of B.Sc. Nursing students was 55.22, more than half of the nursing students 87.5% had unfavorable attitude, 12.5%had moderately favorable attitudeand none of the nursing studenthad favorable attitude, Mean post-test attitudescore of B.Sc. Nursing students was 55.20, more than half of the nursing students 87.5% had unfavorable attitude, 12.5%had moderately favorable attitudeand none of the nursing student had favorable attitude.
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Introduction: A breast exam is a self-inspection of the breasts. During a breast exam, eyes used to see and hands to observe the appearance and feel the breast. Breast exams allow becoming more familiar with girls breasts. Materials and Methods: This study made use of an evaluative approach with one group pretest and post test design. The sample for the study sample comprised of 60 adolescent girls. A disproportionate purposive sampling technique was used to select 60 adolescent girls. The tool and STP were validated by 7 experts. Pre testing and reliability of the tool was established prior to pilot study. Pilot study was conducted among ten adolescent girls. this gave basis for the invigilator to conduct the actual study .the actual study was conducted among 60 adolescent girls .following the pretest, STP Was administered and post test was conducted seven days after the administration of STP. The obtained data was analyzed in terms of the objectives and hypothesis using descriptive and inferential statistics. Interpretation: The finding of the study showed that STP is an effective teaching strategy to increase knowledge of adolescent girls. Results: The finding of the study proved that adolescent girls lacked knowledge about breast self examination. The STP given by the investigator helped the adolescent girls to improve their knowledge and the finding showed that it is statistically significant at 0.05 level of significance.
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Statement of the problem: A Study to assess the effectiveness of Structured Teaching Programme on “Knowledge on Assertive Communication and its benefits in Nurse Patient Relationship” among B.Sc. Nursing students in selected nursing colleges at Belgaum”. Background: Assertive communication consists of shå wants and needs honestly in a safe manner and focuses on the issue, not the person, nurse patient relationship sets the tone of the care experience and has powerful impact on patient satisfaction. Lack of assertive communication in nurses while cå for a patient causes anxiety, frustration, discontentment, discouragement in the patient and thus affects the health of the patient. Objectives of the study: 1. To assess the pre test levels of knowledge on assertive communication and its benefits in nurse patient relationship of B.Sc. nursing students. 2. To assess the post test levels of knowledge on assertive communication and its benefits in nurse patient relationship of the study participants. 3. To evaluate the effectiveness of STP on assertive communication and its benefits in Nurse Patient Relationship by compå the differences between the pre test and post test knowledge scores. 4. To associate the pre test knowledge score with selected socio demographic variables of the study participants. Methods: An evaluative approach with one group pre–test post–test design was used for the study. Simple random sampling technique is used to select the samples by using lottery method was used to draw 40 adolescent students as samples. The collected data was analyzed by using descriptive and inferential statistics. Conclusion: The findings of the study proved that effectiveness of structured teaching programme is an effective measure to improve the knowledge on assertive communication and its benefits in Nurse Patient Relationshipamong Nursing Students.
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Introduction: The physical health of a child is important because it is associated with the mental and social development of children. Mothers are the first care providers of their children. One of the ways to achieve reduction of underfive mortality is to educate the mothers on matters pertaining to child care. Study objectives were to assess the knowledge of Revised Immunization Schedule among mothers of underfive children, to assess the effectiveness of structured teaching programme on knowledge regarding Revised Immunization Schedule among mothers of underfive children and to find the association between pre-test knowledge score of mother of underfive children regarding revised immunization schedule and selected demographic variables. Material and Methods: The research approach used for the study was evaluative approach. The study was conducted in primary health centre, Morgiri, at Patan, Maharashtra, India. Using one group pre-test post-test design. Non-probability Purposive sampling technique was used for selecting 30 mothers of underfive children. On the 1st day Structured knowledge questionnaire was used for collecting data and planned teaching programme on child abuse and neglect was conducted and followed by post test on the 7th day. The data collected, tabulated and analyzed in terms of objectives of the study using descriptive and inferential statistics. Result: Results shows that Out of 30 mothers in pre test 18(60%) had average knowledge, and 12 (40%) of mothers had poor knowledge where as in post test 25 (83%) had good and 5 (17%) mothers had average level of knowledge. Pre test mean knowledge score and standard deviation was 17.4 ±3.54 which increased in post test to 29.5 ± 2.77 and paired ‘t’ test value was 26.404 and p value is < 0. 01. The result shows that there was a significant association between knowledge of mothers and Age (χ2 = 4) p (<0.005) level. Conclusion: The study concludes that structured teaching programme on revised Immunization schedule was Effective in Improving the Level of knowledge among the mothers of underfive children.
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Background: When the kidney is unable to filter blood, dialysis is an alternate method for filtration. Lifetime dialysis becomes unavoidable unless kidney transplantation is successfully done. Hemodialysis subjects normally have a poor quality of life and there is a positive association between quality of life of patient and support of family. Hence, it was necessary to conduct this study for creating awareness regarding the home management of dialysis among the caregivers of hemodialysis subjects to improve their knowledge. Objectives: The objectives of this study were as follows: (i) To assess the effectiveness of structured teaching programme (STP) on knowledge regarding home care management of hemodialysis subjects and (ii) to find association between pre-test knowledge and selected demographic variables. Materials and Methods: The evaluative approach was used; one group pre-test and post-test design was used. The study was conducted on sample of 40 caregivers of hemodialysis subjects using convenient sampling technique. The data were collected by structured questionnaire. The data were analyzed using descriptive and inferential statistics. Results: The mean knowledge score of caregivers of hemodialysis subjects during the pre-test was 39.48%, whereas it had risen up to 82.50% during the post-test as an effectiveness of STP. Therefore, the difference assessed was 43.02% between pre-test and post-test. Conclusion: There was significant difference between the pre-test knowledge level and post-test knowledge level of caregivers on home care management of hemodialysis subjects. Hence, health education programs and on-going teaching both can further improve the knowledge of caregivers.