International Journal of Practical Nursing

The study was conducted to assess the effect of planned teaching on knowledge of school teachers regarding selected health problems among school children in selected schools of suburban area in Mumbai. An pre-experimental evaluative approach with one group pre-test post-test design was used in the study. The sample consisted of 50 school teachers who are teaching to students of 1st standard to 7th standard in selected schools of suburban area in Mumbai.non probability convenience sampling technique was used in this study. The self structured questionnaire technique was used to assess the knowledge of school teachers. The result revealed that 50 per cent samples belonged to the age group of 21-30 years, Majority of the subjects were females (68%),48.00% are diploma in education (D.Ed.),86.00% samples have less than 5 years experience, (86%) had conducted health check up programme in schools and 78.00% of the subjects participated in health programme conducted in schools. The finding showed that in pre test scores near about half of samples were having average knowledge and others half were having good knowledge. But after planned teaching 12.00% of subjects had good knowledge and 88.00% of subjects had very good knowledge.

Keywords: Planned teaching; Health problems; School children; School teachers.

 The present study helps to impart the Knowledge regarding sex education among higher secondary school teachers, as the teachers are the one who observe the physiological, psychological and social changes among the students in this age group. The study is based on knowledge and attitude of teachers regarding sex education to include in their teaching syllabus. 68% of teachers gave a positive response after successful completion of structured teaching program. 

Keywords: Knowledge; Attitude; Sex education.

Staff nurses can play key role in quality clinical education. A descriptive exploratory study was conducted to find out the involvement of staff nurses in clinical education to student nurses. 100 staff nurses of hospital which are attached with nursing colleges were included in the study. Rating scale was used to collect data. 80% staff nurses were having GNM qualification and most of them (78%) were interested in providing quality clinical education to student nurses but needs proper guidelines for it.

Keywords: Staff nurses; Quality clinical education; Student nurses.

The study was conducted to assess the effectiveness of structured teaching program on knowledge of Hemodialysis among staff nurses. The study design adopted was non equivalent control, pretest –post test design. The demographic proforma were collected from the staff nurses by using structured knowledge questionnaire. Data obtained in these areas were analyzed using descriptive and inferential statistics. A significant difference between pre test and post test knowledge was found (t 13.171p<0.001).The study findings showed that the structured teaching program was effective in improving knowledge of staff nurses regarding Hemodialysis. There was no significant association between the level of knowledge and demographic variables except the group in working area and inservice education. 

Keywords: Knowledge; Structured teaching program; Hemodialysis

Evidence-based practice is an important approach to provide the best quality care to patients and their families. When defining evidence-based practice in nursing, it is important to distinguish between research utilization, evidence-based practice and research conduct. Research utilization is defined as “the use of research knowledge, often based on a single study in clinical practice.” Although the term “research utilization” often is used interchangeably with evidence-based practice, research utilization is but a part of evidence-based practice.

Keywords: Evidence based practice; Research utilization.

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