International Journal of Practical Nursing

Guided imagery is an effective and good stress management technique and it is very popular and common method for many reasons, it will quickly calm your body and relax your mind. It’s virtually as simple as indulging in a vivid daydream and, with practice, this technique can help you to better access your inner wisdom. There are many ways to practice guided imagery, including taking a class where you are "guided" by an instructor, using audio recordings, creating your own recordings, or using your inner voice and imagination. it helps to enhance physical and mental ability and most widely used in chronic pain, cancer, and other serious illnesses like stroke and reducing undesirable behaviours.

Keywords: Interactive guided imagery; Stroke
 

A study to assess home accidents and its prevention among mothers of under -5 children in Vinayaka mission’s medical college and hospital in Karaikal was aimed to assess the knowledge on prevention of home accidents among mothers of under-5 children.30 samples were selected by using purposive sampling method, semi structured interview questionnaire was used to collect the data from mother of under-5 children. The study revealed the frequency and percentage distribution shows mothers of under-5 children based on the knowledge maximum 21(70%) have moderate knowledge, 8(26.67%) have inadequate knowledge, 1(3.33%) have adequate knowledge. There was significant association between levels of knowledge on demographic variables such as Age, Education of the mother, Monthly income, Type of family, Sex of the baby, Developmental age of child, Type of house, Source of health relative information. Mothers of under-5 children were distributed pamphlets on prevention of home accidents.

Keywords: Home accidents; Under-5 children; Prevention, Mothers; Pamphlets
 

Background: Cancer is now one of the top causes of death in India, after heart attack. Some of the world's highest incidences of cancer in found in India. Fatigue and sleep disturbance are two of most frequent side effects experienced by cancer patients. Medications use for people suffering from insomnia to get sleep but they cannot cure and prolonged use resulted in dependency but non pharmacological interventions give reliable and durable changes in the sleeping patterns of patients with cancer. Objectives: To assess the quality of sleep among cancer patients in experimental group and control group. To assess the effectiveness of warm foot bath on quality of sleep among cancer patients in experimental group. To compare quality of sleep among cancer patients in experimental and control group. To find out association between quality of sleep among cancer patients in experimental group and control group with selected demographicvariables. Methodology: Quantitative research approach used for the study. Research design was quasi experimental nonrandomized control group design. And sampling technique was Non
probability purposive sampling and sample size was 60 cancer patients (30 in each experimental group and control group). Result: Analysis reveals, in experimental group after warm foot bath mean score is 6.62
and in control group 10.13. Unpaired ‘t’ test was used to calculate t value. The calculated t-value is 9.92. Which is higher than tabulated‘t’ value at 5 percent level of significance. Hence the research hypothesis H1 accepted and null hypothesis H0 is rejected. Conclusion: study conclude that there is significant difference between mean quality of sleep among cancer patients in experimental group and control group. Hence based on above cited finding it was concluded that the warm foot bath was effective for improving quality of sleep among cancer patients.

Keywords: Assess; Effectiveness; Warm foot bath; Quality of sleep; Cancer patient.
 

Background: Learning is a complex process of cognition which occurs among individuals at all ages. Meaningful learning requires understanding of the concepts that is an important element of topic under study. The Concept Maps are used as an effective teaching plan in promoting critical thinking. It also serves as an instructional and learning tool in nursing education. Objectives: 1. To assess the Knowledge of II year B.Sc(N) students regarding Concept Mapping in terms of pretest. 2. To provide Structured Teaching Programme regarding Concept Mapping among II year B.Sc (N) students. 3. To assess the Effectiveness of Structured Teaching Programme by comparing the pretest and post test scores regarding Concept
Mapping among II year B.Sc (N) students. 4. To determine the association of the pretest Knowledge scores with selected demographic variables regarding Concept Mapping among II year B.Sc (N) students.
Methods: A Quasi-experimental study involved sample of 49 students where Paper-pencil technique was used among II year B.Sc (N) students. Each student was given 20-30 minutes of the time with Structured Knowledge Questionnaire which includes Knowledge regarding Concept Mapping. Results:In pre-test scores, 45 (91.83%) of II yearB.Sc (N) studentshad average Knowledge and 4 (8.16%) had below average Knowledge. In post-test 47 (95.91%) of them had above average Knowledge and 2 (4.08%) of them had average Knowledge.This increase in post-test Knowledge scores indicates that the STP regarding Concept Mapping was effective in increasing the Knowledge among II year B.Sc (N) students. Conclusion: Concept
Maps are one of the educational innovations in nursing education since 25 years. The nursing students should be motivated to apply Concept Mapping as a learning method in their curriculum to analyze and attain better understanding of the topic. Thus the use of contemporary teaching approaches such as Concept Mapping in Nursing education can be advantageous.

Keywords: Concept Mapping; Graphic tools; Visual representation; Logical thinking; Nursing education.