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Quarterly published in print and online "Inventi Rapid: Nursing Studies" publishes high quality unpublished as well as high impact pre-published researches and reviews catering to the needs of researchers and professionals. The journal focuses on all the aspects pertaining to education, research and scholarship in health care delivery, workforce, and policy relevant to nursing, midwifery and other health related professions.
Children suffer with different types of diseases. Main reason is that inadequate knowledge regarding the health and unaware about the healthy behaviours. The study was to assess the effect of planned teaching programme on knowledge regarding health behaviour among school children in a selected school at Pathanamthitta district. The objectives of the study were the assessment of the level of knowledge of school children regarding health behaviour, provide planned teaching programme regarding health behaviour, assess the effect of planned teaching programme on health behavior and find the association between selected baseline variables and pre test knowledge scores. In the present study one group pre test post test design was used. The sampling technique used was cluster sampling. The tool was developed and the content validity and reliability of the tool were assessed. Pilot study conducted. Immediately after the pre test planned teaching programme was administered. After 5 days post test was conducted using the same questionnaire. The findings showed that there was a significant improvement in the post test knowledge level of school children. The t value was 65.225 which were significant at 0.01 level....
The aim of the study was to assess the effectiveness of structured teaching programme on knowledge regarding effects of tobacco among high school students in a selected school at Kollam district. The objectives of the study were to assess the knowledge regarding the effects of tobacco use among high school students. To evaluate the effectiveness of structured teaching programme on knowledge regarding the effects of tobacco use among high school students, to find out the association between the pretest knowledge scores regarding the effects of tobacco use among high school students with selected socio demographic variables. In the present study one group pre test post test design was used. The sampling technique used was random sampling. The tool was developed and the content validity and reliability of the tool were assessed. Pilot study conducted. Immediately after the pre test structured teaching programme was administered. After 3 days post test was conducted using the same questionnaire. The findings showed that there was a significant improvement in the post test knowledge level of high school students....
A quantitative study was aimed at assessing the attitude among 130 High school students regarding online education during COVID 19 Pandemic in Kollam district. The objectives of the study were to assess the attitude among high school students regarding online education during COVID 19 Pandemic and to find out the association between attitude scores towards online education during COVID 19 Pandemic and selected socio demographic variables. A quantitative research approach was employed for the research study. The research design adopted for the present study was descriptive survey design. 130 subjects identified by non-probability purposive sampling technique from Child Friendly High School, Kottiyam, Kollam. Data was collected using structured survey questionnaire through the google form. The result showed that out of 130 subjects, 22% students had very good attitude scores, 53% students had good attitude scores, 16% students had average attitude scores and 9% students had poor attitude scores regarding Online education during COVID 19 Pandemic. Result also revealed that there is a significant association between attitude scores towards online education during COVID 19 Pandemic and socio demographic variables with mode of accessing online class (2 = 20.99, p value = 0.001) and availability of internet / Wi-Fi connection at home (2 = 8.39, p value = 0.038). Majority of High school students had average attitude towards Online education during COVID 19 Pandemic....
The aim of the study was to assess the effectiveness of information education and communication (IEC) on knowledge regarding healthy lifestyles among adolescents in a selected Nursing College at Kollam District. The objectives of the study were to assess the knowledge score regarding healthy lifestyles among adolescents in a selected Nursing College at Kollam District, to evaluate the effectiveness of Information Education and Communication (IEC) on knowledge regarding healthy lifestyles among adolescents and to find out the association between the pre-test knowledge score regarding healthy lifestyle with socio-demographic variables in a selected nursing college at Kollam District. A quantitative research approach was employed for the research study. The study was undertaken with 60 students by using convenient sampling technique. The tool was developed and the content validity and reliability of the tool were assessed. The research design was one group pretest post-test design. Structured knowledge questionnaire was used for collecting data. Pre-test was administered followed by Information, Education and Communication programme and post-test was done. The result showed that average scores of knowledge before and after the IEC programme in the subjects were 8.21 and 11.62 respectively. The computed ‘t' value of knowledge regarding effectiveness of Information Education and Communication (IEC) on knowledge regarding healthy lifestyles was 7.81. with ‘p' value of 0.0001 and it was significant at 0.05 level (p<0.05). The finding showed that there was a significant improvement in the post test knowledge level of first semester nursing students....
A quantitative research study was aimed to assess knowledge regarding Nurse Practitioner Course among 49 Nursing students from III year BSc Nursing at Holy Cross College of Nursing, Kottiam, Kollam. The objectives of the study were to assess the knowledge scores regarding nurse practitioner course among nursing students, to evaluate the effectiveness of online teaching strategy on knowledge scores regarding nurse practitioner course among nursing students and to find out the association between online pretest knowledge scores regarding nurse practitioner course among nursing students with selected socio demographic variables. A quantitative approach was used to determine the effectiveness of online teaching strategy on knowledge regarding nurse practitioner course in nursing students in selected nursing college. The research design adopted for the present was pre-experimental one group pretest - posttest design. The study was conducted during the period of COVID 19 so investigator had collected the data through online medium. Online pretest was conducted by using structured knowledge questionnaire followed by administration of online teaching strategy. Online post-test was conducted after 7 days by using same Structured questionnaire. The average scores of knowledge before and after online teaching strategy in the subjects were 9.78 and 15.20 respectively. The Paired t test statistics (t = 6.09, table value = 2.011; t value greater than table value) shows that increase in the scores of knowledge as a result of the Online Teaching Strategy is statistically significant at 0.05 level (p<0.05). The Online Teaching Strategy was effective intervention in increasing the level of knowledge regarding Nurse Practitioner Course among Nursing students....
Plastic will not disintegrate unlike paper, jute, metal, glass or mud. Plastics are also known to their toxic effects from the plasticizers like polyvinylchloride, Diethyl hexyl phthalate, polyestrene, poly chlorinated biphenyls etc. Study was conducted to assess the effectiveness of planned health teaching on plastic hazards among secondary school children. Objectives for this study were to identify the knowledge of high school students about the hazards of plastic use, to develop and validate a planned teaching programme on the hazards of plastic use, to evaluate the effectiveness of planned teaching programme on the hazards of plastic use in terms of gain in knowledge scores. The pre-experimental one group pre-test post-test design was adopted for the study. The sample consisted of 100 students of secondary school. The schools were selected conveniently and the sample by stratified random sampling technique. The data were collected by validated structured knowledge questionnaire with the reliability of 0.78. There was significant hike in the mean post test (X2 =22.81) when compared with the mean pre-test (X1=14.16) knowledge scores. The computed ‘t’ value (t99=28.7 p<0.05) showed significance in the effectiveness of planned teaching programme. The area wise knowledge scores of post-test were highly significant in all areas except regarding the use of plastics. There was no association of knowledge scores and selected variables like class of study, age, sex and religion. The result showed a high effectiveness of planned teaching programme is in increasing the level of knowledge among high school students regarding the hazards of plastic use. It has given a new avenue to the researcher to widen the horizon on more research aspects of plastic use....
The present study was aimed to identify the effectiveness of Structured Teaching Programme on knowledge regarding De-Quervain's syndrome among 100 young adults of selected college at Kottiyam. Pre experimental one group pretest - posttest design was used in the study. 100 young adults were selected by convenient sampling. The collected data were analyzed with inferential and descriptive statistics. The study revealed that out of 100 subjects, 99% have no previous knowledge and 1% has previous knowledge regarding De-Quervain's syndrome in pretest. 100% subjects had good knowledge regarding De-Quervain's syndrome in posttest The computed "t value of knowledge regarding De-Quervain's syndrome was 28.68 with p value of 0.0001. Since calculated p value of knowledge regarding De-Quervain's syndrome was less than 0.05, above mentioned increase in the scores of knowledge regarding De-Quervain's syndrome among young adults as a result of Structured Teaching Programme is statistically significant at 0.05 levels. So research hypothesis (H1) is accepted....
The present study assessed the effectiveness of structured teaching programme on knowledge regarding family planning methods among the mothers in rural area at Kollam district. The objectives were to assess the knowledge regarding family planning methods among mothers, evaluate the effectiveness of structured teaching programme on knowledge regarding family planning methods among the mothers, find the association between pretest knowledge regarding family planning methods and selected socio demographic variables among the mothers. The study was based on Pender’s Health Promotion model. Pre experimental one group pretest - posttest design was used in the study. 50 mothers in Urukunnu, Kollam were selected by convenient sampling. Pretest was done to assess the knowledge regarding family planning methods among the mothers using structured knowledge questionnaire. After the pretest the investigator administered structured teaching programme. Seven days after the intervention posttest was conducted using the same tool. The collected data were analyzed with inferential and descriptive statistics. The finding showed that 18 (36%) of mother had poor knowledge and 32 (64%) had average knowledge in the pretest. There was significant difference in the knowledge (t = 17.153) after the intervention. There is statistically significant association of knowledge regarding family planning methods among the mothers with age and types of family (p<0.05). Thus the findings suggested that structured teaching programme was effective in improving knowledge regarding family planning methods among the mothers....
A quantitative research study was aimed to evaluate the effectiveness of structured teaching program on knowledge regarding prevention of COVID-19 among I year BSc. Nursing students. The objectives of the study were to assess the knowledge regarding prevention of COVID-19 among I year BSc. Nursing students, to evaluate the effectiveness of structured teaching program on knowledge regarding prevention of COVID-19 among I year BSc. Nursing students, to find out the association between the pretest knowledge regarding prevention of COVID-19 among I year BSc. Nursing students with selected socio demographic variables. The study was undertaken with 50 samples. Convenience Sampling was used. The research design was one group pre-test post-test design. Structured knowledge questionnaire was used for collecting the data. Pre-test was administered followed by structured teaching program and post-test conducted. The data was analyzed using descriptive and inferential statistics. The study findings show that in the pre-test 32% of students are having poor knowledge and 68%are having average level of knowledge regarding prevention of COVID -19. After the structure teaching program, in the post-test 100% of students having good level of knowledge regarding prevention of COVID-19. The calculated ‘t’ value 2.009is higher than table value 1.677 at 0.05 level of significance. So, the hypothesis H1 was accepted. Hence it can be concluded that there is statistically significant difference in the knowledge level of I year student nurses regarding prevention of COVID-19. It is inferred that structured teaching program was effective It was concluded that there was a significant improvement in post-test scores when compare to the pre-test scores. There was no significant association found between the pre-test knowledge scores with the selected socio demographic variables....
The quantitative study was aimed to identify the effectiveness of structure teaching program on knowledge regarding Assertive communication and its benefits in Nurse patient relationship among nursing students in a selected Nursing college at Kollam district. The objectives of the study were to assess the knowledge regarding Assertive communication and its benefits in Nurse patient relationship among Nursing students in a selected Nursing college at Kollam district, to evaluate the effectiveness of structured teaching program on knowledge regarding assertive communication, to find the association between pretest knowledge score regarding assertive communication and its benefits in Nurse patient relationship among Nursing students in a selected Nursing college at Kollam district. Purposive sampling technique was used. The research design was one group pretest posttest design. Structured knowledge questionnaire was used for collecting data. Pretest was administered followed by Structured Teaching Programme and posttest was done. The data was analyzed using descriptive and inferential statistics. The study findings show that in the pretest out of 45 subjects, 38% students had poor knowledge scores and 62% had average knowledge score in the pretest. After the structured teaching programme 2% students had poor knowledge scores, 33% had average knowledge score and 65% had good knowledge score regarding assertive communication. The computed "t' value of knowledge regarding assertive communication was 15.932 with 'p' value of 0.0001 The calculated 'p' value (0.0001) of knowledge regarding assertive communication and its benefits was less than 0.05, above mentioned that increasing in the score of knowledge regarding assertive communication and its benefits in nurse patient relationship as result of structured teaching programme is statistically significant at 0.05 level so null hypothesis (H01) is rejected and research hypothesis (H1) is accepted. Hence it can be concluded that there is significant difference in the knowledge level of nursing students regarding assertive communication in Nurse patient relationship....
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