Indian Journal of Surgical Nursing

Deep vein thrombosis (DVT) is one of the conditions that are for long been under-diagnosed and ignored as one of the utmost cause of morbidity worldwide. Understanding of the pathology and treatment of DVT shows advancement over the years among hospitalized patients. Deep vein thrombosis is a frequent and potentially alarming condition. It is extremely common medical problems that occur isolated or associated with other disease or procedures. Around 10 million cases of venous thromboembolism take place yearly- low, middle and high income countries. The hospitalized associated deep vein thrombosis is the major cause of disability. Major risk factors for thrombosis, other than age, include exogenous factors such as surgery, hospitalization, immobility, trauma, pregnancy and the puerperium and hormone use, and endogenous factors such as cancer, obesity, and inherited and acquired disorders of hypercoagulation. Prophylaxis of Deep vein thrombosis has been identified as the best measures to improve the safety of patients who were hospitalized for longer duration. Most of the problem could be avoided by simple, cost-effective measures. The healthcare professionals should be vigilant about DVT and its management to decline the morbidity and mortality because of DVT.

Keywords: Deep vein thrombosis (DVT); Venous thromboembolism; Hospitalized patients.

In recent era, lots of children are living in orphan institutions due to parental neglect, absence, substance abuse, and abandonment. The orphanage homes can barely meet the needs of the children due to poor financial support and low caretaker to child ratio. The orphan children are suffering from various health problems. There are different physical health problems among the children. The present study revealed that dental health problem was the most prevalent among the children. The majority of the children were sick at the time of data collection. The issues related to ENT, respiratory, Anemia, skin infections and malnutrition were the common health problems among the orphanage. It was also observed that longer the duration of stay in orphanage, the children were more prone to infections. The present study concludes that orphanages have more health related problems compare to nonorphanages. There is a need to take care the physical health of orphan children.

Keywords: Orphanages; Physical Health; Problems.

Background and Purpose: A theoretical perspective allows the nurse to plan and implement care purposefully and proactively. In today’s scenario learning and applying nursing theories shouldn't be limited to the classroom but it should be in daily practice. It is observed that there is a gap between theoretical knowledge as taught in the classroom and what the students experience in clinical settings. So, it is found that that even though nursing theory is an integral part of nursing education and practice, nursing students are not able to apply nursing theories in the clinicals. So this study was conducted to assess the barriers for implementing nursing theory based practices in the clinicals among nursing students. Methods: This study adopted quantitative research approach with a cross-sectional research design. Data were collected using Demographic profile and Likert Scale from total of 218 Nursing Students by convenient sampling technique. Results: portrayed that 79.4% of the participants felt moderate and 8.7% felt more barrier for implementing nursing theory-based practices in the clinicals. It also depicted that comparison of barrier in regards to knowledge vs personal interest shows highly significant (p= .000*), personal interest vs role of Institution shows highly significant (p= .000*). Implications for Practice: the results of this study confirmed that majority participants felt moderate and few felt more barrier related to implementing nursing theory based practices in the clinicals. So nurse educators can play an important role in motivating students, Institution can make policies to implement nursing theory in the clinicals by nursing teachers.

Keywords: Barrier; Nursing theory; Nursing practice; Rursing students; Knowledge, Personal interest; Role of institution