scholarly journals Assessment of Awareness towards Pap Smear among Nursing Staff – Experience at A Tertiary Care Hospital

2016 ◽  
Vol 2 (4) ◽  
Author(s):  
Gupta Shruti ◽  
Poflee Sandhya ◽  
Gaikwad Amrapali ◽  
Pande Nandu ◽  
Shrikhande Anuradha
Keyword(s):  
Nursing Staff ◽  
Pap Smear ◽  
Tertiary Care Hospital ◽  
Tertiary Care ◽  
Care Hospital

scholarly journals Nurse’s knowledge and attitude regarding cervical cancer screening at a tertiary care hospital

2017 ◽  
Vol 6 (3) ◽  
pp. 907 ◽  
Author(s):  
Bhabani Pegu ◽  
Niharika Dhiman ◽  
Jaya Chaturvedi ◽  
Suresh K. Sharma
Keyword(s):  
Cervical Cancer ◽  
Cancer Screening ◽  
Cervical Cancer Screening ◽  
Nursing Staff ◽  
Pap Smear ◽  
Tertiary Care Hospital ◽  
Tertiary Care ◽  
Screening Methods ◽  
Care Hospital ◽  
Care Providers

Background: Cervical cancer is one of the commonest cancers among women which cause morbidity and mortality worldwide. Though, it is a preventable disease, most of the women with cervical cancer present in advanced stage due to lack of knowledge about the disease and screening among general population. The objective was to assess the level of knowledge and explore attitude towards cervical cancer screening among female nursing staff.Methods: A cross sectional, questionnaire based study was conducted on 34 female nursing staff in a tertiary care hospital of Uttarakhand, India in the month of January 2015. With the help of predesigned questionnaire, information was collected regarding demographic profile, knowledge about cervical cancer and attitude towards screening techniques.Results: In this study, 79% of the respondents had knowledge about screening methods for cervical cancer and 91% had knowledge about HPV vaccine. Though 82% of them were aware of pap smear and 89% had good attitude towards it, 85.29% respondent knew about colposcopy as one of the screening technique for cervical cancer. None of the respondent had undergone a pap smear themselves.Conclusions: The study showed that, female nursing staff had average knowledge and positive attitude towards cervical cancer screening. They were not aware of the routine screening guidelines and had limited understanding of different types of cervical cancer screening techniques. Hence, it is recommended that routine training should be given on regular basis to all the health care providers.

scholarly journals Electro-Convulsive Therapy (ECT): In the Eyes of Nurses of a Tertiary-Care Hospital

1970 ◽  
Vol 8 (2) ◽  
pp. 85-89
Author(s):  
Dhana Ratna Shakya ◽  
Sami Lama
Keyword(s):  
Nursing Students ◽  
Nursing Staff ◽  
Nursing Student ◽  
Tertiary Care Hospital ◽  
Public Awareness ◽  
Psychiatric Service ◽  
Tertiary Care ◽  
Psychiatric Morbidity ◽  
Care Hospital ◽  
Convulsive Therapy

Background:Electro-convulsive therapy (ECT) is frequently viewed negatively, even among health professionals. Such a view might have adverse consequences. Objective: To explore how nursing students and nursing staff view ECT. Methodology: This is a semi-qualitative attitudinal study and the views were compared between nursing .student. and .staff. groups. A questionnaire prepared to assess views about different aspects of ECT was distributed among nursing students and staff of a tertiary-care hospital with a psychiatric service, after an explanation. The questionnaire focused mainly on effectiveness, safety, use, acceptance and some local issues. Results: A total of 108 subjects included 54 nursing staff and students each. Average student age was 21 and staff 29 years. Nearly one-third of students were interested in psychiatry for career versus only 13% staff. The majority of students had seen ECT being given, compared with 40% of staff. Depression was stated as an indication by 62% students versus 40% of staff. More staff thought ECT was more expensive than drugs. More staff indicated adverse effects as a main obstacle while using ECT than students. More students thought it .very effective. versus staff. Regarding safety, both had comparable views, but more staff viewed it as dangerous. More students than staff felt it should be promoted and public awareness should be raised. More students expressed readiness to use ECT if needed for themselves or relatives. Conclusion: Nursing students had more favorable views towards ECT than nursing staff. Keywords: Electroconvulsive therapy; knowledge attitude; nurse; psychiatric morbidity DOI: 10.3126/hren.v8i2.4417 Health Renaissance, May-Aug 2010; Vol 8 (No.2):85-89

scholarly journals Stigma for Mental Disorders among Nursing Staff in a Tertiary Care Hospital

2020 ◽  
Vol 11 (02) ◽  
pp. 237-244
Author(s):  
Sandeep Grover ◽  
Neha Sharma ◽  
Aseem Mehra
Keyword(s):  
Mental Disorders ◽  
Nursing Staff ◽  
Mentally Ill ◽  
Positive Attitude ◽  
Tertiary Care Hospital ◽  
Tertiary Care ◽  
Cross Sectional Study ◽  
North India ◽  
Care Hospital ◽  
Cross Sectional

Abstract Objective This study aimed to evaluate the prevalence of stigma for mental disorders among nursing staff in a tertiary care hospital, and the secondary objective of the study was to assess the correlation of stigma with the socio-demographic profile and previous experience with mentally ill patients. Methods This cross-sectional study was performed among the 210 nurses working in a tertiary care multispecialty teaching public sector hospital in north India. They were evaluated on community attitudes toward the mentally ill (CAMI) scale. Results About two-thirds of the participants (67.1%) were females and had done graduation (64.2%) in nursing. Nearly 50% of the study participants had an experience of working with mentally ill patients. Female had a more significant positive attitude on the domain of social restrictiveness. Authoritarianism had a significant positive correlation with benevolence and social restrictiveness domains. The benevolence domain had a significant correlation with all other domains. Social restrictiveness domain also had a significant correlation with other domains. Conclusion Nurses have a positive attitude toward mentally ill patients.

scholarly journals Knowledge and Awareness of Cervical Cancer and its Prevention amongst Nursing Staff in a Tertiary Care Hospital

2019 ◽  
Vol 7 (1) ◽  
pp. 5-7
Author(s):  
Shalini Rajaram ◽  
Neerja Goel ◽  
Bindiya Gupta ◽  
Astha Srivastava ◽  
Shilpa Singh ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Cervical Cancer ◽  
Nursing Staff ◽  
Tertiary Care Hospital ◽  
Tertiary Care ◽  
Care Hospital

scholarly journals Awareness study of Pharmacovigilance among the health care professionals (nursing staff) at tertiary care hospital, Solapur, Maharashtra, India

2017 ◽  
Vol 5 (8) ◽  
pp. 3596
Author(s):  
Amruta Pasgonda Patil ◽  
Prashant A. Shirure ◽  
Rasika S. Khobragade
Keyword(s):  
Adverse Drug Reaction ◽  
Nursing Staff ◽  
Health Care Professionals ◽  
Spontaneous Reporting ◽  
Tertiary Care Hospital ◽  
Tertiary Care ◽  
Care Hospital ◽  
Attitude And Practice ◽  
Knowledge And Practice ◽  
Knowledge Attitude And Practice

Background: Early detection of adverse drug reaction is one step towards the prevention of ADRs. Foundation of Pharmacovigilance is spontaneous reporting which is minimal in India. Among the all health care professionals, nurses are caregivers at bedside. Improvement in knowledge and practice of adverse drug reaction reporting among nurses will definitely increases spontaneous reporting. In this study, knowledge, attitude and practice of nursing staff about pharmacovigilance was evaluated.Methods: It was prospective, cross-sectional, observational, questionnaire-based study among the nurses of the tertiary care hospital Solapur. A questionnaire evaluating knowledge, attitude and practice was distributed among nursing staff and filled questionnaire were collected back and analyzed by microsoft excel 2013.Results: Response rate of our study was 44.88%.  38.61% doctors were knowing meaning of pharmacovigilance while 61.38% participants knew that all drugs available in market are not safe. Taking proper medication history before prescribing drugs was considered important by 92.57% participants. 79.70% participants were aware about Pharmacovigilance program of India. 64.35% doctors answered correctly to elements which are mandatory to record. Only 24.75% participants were knowing the basis that pharmcovigilance provides for.Conclusions: Nursing staff of tertiary care hospital, Solapur had very appreciable and positive attitude towards pharmacovigilance but there is a need for improvement in knowledge and practice of ADR reporting.

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