Community and Public Health Nursing

Background: Urinary tract infection (UTI) is among the common bacterial infections worldwide and approximately 80% are associated with a urinary catheter. Catheter-associated UTI (CAUTI) has been associated with increased mortality, morbidity, length of hospital stay and the best way of CAUTI prevention is to adhere to recommended guidelines on infection control in the use of a urinary catheter. Complications associated with CAUTI cause discomfort to the patient, prolonged hospital stay, and increased cost and mortality. Aim: The aim of this study is to assess the knowledge of nurses towards risk contributing to CAUTI and reduce the incidence of CAUTI. Methods: An interventional study was performed to analyze the prevention of Catheterassociated Urinary tract infection. A prospective questionnaire was developed specially for this study. The questions regarding the indication for catheterization and measures for prevention of CAUTI were taken as per Centers for Disease Control (CDC) guidelines. Results: The overall data for HAI was collected, out of which the incidences of CAUTI was high. Conclusion: The conclusion of this study is, the CAUTI incidence is reduced through QCC (Quality Control Circle), providing a useful reference for the prevention of CAUTI and the development of medical quality improvement activities. There was a statistically significant gain in the knowledge of the nurses regarding the prevention of the CAUTI.

Introduction: Cervical cancer is a cancer arising from the cervix. It due to an abnormal growth of cells that have the ability to invade or spread to the other parts of the body. A descriptive study was conducted to assess the knowledge regarding cervical cancer among women.
Methods: The research approach used in this study was quantitative approach. The research design was non experimental descriptive research design and 50 samples were selected by non probability sampling technique. The study setting was Nandhivaram village, Guduvancheri.
Results: the study results showed that the knowledge level among women were inadequate knowledge (54%), moderate knowledge (40%), adequate knowledge (6%) regarding cervical cancer.

 

Bone is a living, dynamic tissue that undergoes constant remodeling through life.This is necessary to allow the skeleton to increase in size during growth, respond to the physical stresses placed on it and repair structural damage due to structural fatigue or fracture. This process requires range of proteins and minerals,which are absorbed from the blood stream. Osteoporosis often known as the silent thief because bone loss occurs without symptoms; one in four women over the age of 50 has osteoporosis. One in eight men over 50 year also has the disease. However,the disease can strike at any age. More women die each year as a result of osteoporotic fractures than from breast and ovarian cancer. This study is the Quasi experimental -one group pre test post test design to assess the effectiveness of STP on osteoporosis among middle aged women.In this study non-probability sampling technique with convenient sampling was used. Sample size consists of 50 middle aged women. The overall knowledge score in pre test is 14.300 and post test score is 26.260. The paired t-test score (21.532) shows that the Structured Teaching Programme has effectiveness on increasing knowledge of middle aged women regarding osteoporosis and its prevention.It is revealed that there is significant association between the post test knowledge score with education (Chi-square=4.920) and occupation (Chi-square value=5.048). The association was calculated using Chi square test. Therefore the Research hypothesis H2 has been accepted.