Indian Journal of Surgical Nursing

Introduction: Accidents have become the usual occurrence in today's world. Road traffic accidents, domestic accidents, industrial accidents and railway accidents contribute to large proportion of mortality, morbidity and disability. Burns of all kinds and degrees are also considered as a type of accidents. Burns cause aesthetic problems as well as acute physical problems and if not taken proper care, they can cause serious complication in the form of secondary bacterial infection, various degrees of contractures which restrict the daily activities, septicaemia, etc. People affected are mostly of poor socioeconomic status. The cost of managing these injuries is high. In developing countries, the problem of burn injuries is more severe due to the reason that the care of burn patients requires specialized staff and medical technologies that are expensive and not always readily available. Methods: A Descriptive research approach was used for the present study. The study comprised of 30 staff nurses who fulfilled inclusive criteria and working in selected hospital. Knowledge questionnaire was used for data collection. The reliability of questionnaire was done by Guttmann’s Split Half Coefficient method. In order to obtain content validity, the tool given to 10 experts who included from the field of Medical-Surgical Nursing Department. Non Probability convenience sampling technique was used, Formal Permission was obtained from concerned authority from hospital for data collection. Result: The result showed that most of the samples under the study were between the age group of 21-30 years. 50% of samples were from general wards. Result interpreted that in pre test knowledge level regarding fluid replacement in burn was 40.28 % & in post test it was 85.6%. It is evident that calculated value of ‘t’ at 0.05 level. This indicate that structured teaching programme was effective in improving the knowledge of staff nurses. Conclusion: The present study assess the knowledge level of staff nurses working in Y.C.R. Hospital, Latur regarding the “fluid replacement in burn patients” and found that he staff nurses having 29 (96.67%) had adequate knowledge,1 (3.33%) of them had moderately adequate knowledge and only 0 (0%) of staff nurses had inadequate knowledge regarding “fluid replacement in burn patients.” Keywords: Fluid Replacement; Burns; Bacterial Infection.

A study was conducted to assess the effectiveness of Epsom salt with glycerin application versus Plain hot water bag application to reduce knee joint pain among elderly women. The objectives of the study were 1) To assess the pre and post test level of knee joint pain among elderly women in experimental group 1 and experimental group 2. 2) To compare the level of knee joint pain among elderly women between experimental group 1 and experimental group 2. 3) To associate the post test mean score with selected demographic variable among elderly women in experimental group 1 and experimental group 2. The conceptual framework of the study was based on orlando’s theory of the deliberating nursing model. The study was conducted on a sample of 60 elderly women at government tiruvannamalai medical college& hospital, tiruvannamalai, using purposive sampling technique. In the present study Quasi experimental design- pre-test and post- test non equivalent control group design was adopted. Data were collected by using structured knowledge questionnaire. The obtained data were analyzed by using descriptive and inferential statistics like frequency, percentage, mean, standard deviation and chi square. Keywords: Osteoarthritis; Epsom Salt; Plain Hot Water Bag; Joint Pain.

Obstructive structured clinical examination is a form of multi- station examination of clinical subject and it is a modern type of examination often used in health sciences to assess clinical skill performance & competence in skills. This study examined the student’s attitude towards OSCE method of evaluation and to extend the positive view among the students. Materials & Methods: The research approach used for this study was quantitative approach and the design selected was descriptive study design. By using convenient sampling technique 63 samples of nursing students were selected for this study. Results: This study results shows that among 63 samples 55% belongs to favourable attitude, 23% belongs to neutral attitude and 22% belongs to unfavourable attitude towards positive attitude, 35% belongs to favourable attitude, 22% belongs to neutral attitude and 43% belongs to unfavourable attitude towards negative attitude of OSCE. Overall this study found that students generally perceive OSCE as a positive experience in agreement with the selected tools. Keywords: Objective Structured Clinical Examination; Attitude.

Background of the study: The COVID-19 pandemic is ruined the world in all the aspects such as economical, health and education. The peoples were worried about the diseases, had the anxiety and fear about the disease condition and the peoples were having curious about the COVID-19 vaccine, when it will be available, where it will be available and what will be the cost and what are the side effects of COVID-19 vaccination and what efficacy of COVID-19. So this study was undertaken to assess the knowledge and perception of peoples regarding COVID-19 vaccination. Objectives: To assess the level of knowledge and perception about COVID-19 vaccine among peoples of selected society and to find the association between the levels of knowledge with selected demographic variables and to prepare the information booklet. Methodology: The quantitative research approach with descriptive research design was used. The total 100 samples were selected by purposive sampling technique. The self-administered structured knowledge questionnaires were used to assess the knowledge and perception scale was used. The data was analyzed by descriptive and inferential statistics. Results: The results shown that out of 100 samples 05(05%) were had inadequate knowledge, 74(74%) had a moderate adequate knowledge and 21(21%) had adequate knowledge regarding the COVID-19 vaccination. The overall mean percentage of knowledge was 61.90% with mean and SD of 18.57±3.36. The mean percentage score of perception was 81.15% with mean and SD of 16.23±2.35. The majority 63 (63%) of the samples had positive perception for acceptance of the COVID-19 vaccination, 29(29%) were had negative perception and 08 (08%) were had neutral perception regarding COVID-19 vaccination. Conclusion: The study concludes that the majority of the samples had moderately adequate knowledge and positive perception. There in need for further study to assess the attitudes of the peoples. Keywords: Knowledge; Perception; COVID-19 Vaccine; Peoples.