CURRENT ISSUE
Current Issue : Volume 4, Issue 2 April - June 2025
India, the most populous nation with approximately 1.459 billion people—17.5% of the global population—possesses a strong demographic advantage, with 65% under the age of 35 and a median age of 29. This youthful and dynamic population, combined with India’s cultural heritage and linguistic adaptability, makes the country a significant contributor to the global workforce, particularly in healthcare. India contributes 20% of the global workforce and has around 3.3 million nurses, representing 8% of the world’s nursing workforce. Karnataka, a southern state, is a major hub, producing over 50% of its nursing graduates from Bangalore alone. Despite these numbers, India’s nurse-to-patient ratio remains at 1.96 per 1000, below the WHO recommendation of 3:1000. To bridge this gap, the government has increased healthcare spending to 2.5% of GDP and expanded nursing education.
Nursing education in India spans diploma to doctoral levels, including advanced specialty diplomas and the Doctorate in Nursing Practice (DNP). These programs equip nurses for critical roles in gerontology, emergency care, oncology, and more. However, both India and the world face a looming nursing shortage, with WHO estimating a global shortfall of 4.5 million nurses by 2030.Contributing factors include poor working conditions, high educational costs, job dissatisfaction, and international migration. Approximately 50,000 Indian nurses migrate annually, often facing challenges abroad such as licensing issues, cultural adaptation, discrimination, and limited career progression.
Addressing these challenges requires systemic reforms: improving work environments, supporting education, ensuring ethical recruitment, and expanding career opportunities. Indian nurses, known for their resilience, compassion, and dedication to “seva” (selfless service), are vital to shaping a globally responsive and sustainable healthcare system.
Respectful maternity care is an approach to maternal health care that prioritizes women, autonomy, dignity, and well-being during pregnancy, childbirth, and postpartum. The descriptive study aims to assess the application of the privacy component of respectful maternity care among postnatal mothers in selected maternity hospitals, in Bangalore. The sample size was 65 postnatal mothers selected through simple random sampling. Data were collected through a structured questionnaire. The study’s objectives included assessing the application of the privacy component of respectful maternity care among postnatal mothers and finding the association between the socio-demographic variables and the privacy component of Respectful maternity care among postnatal mothers. The findings revealed that 59.76% of mothers experienced severe inadequacies in the application of the privacy component of respectful maternity care,44.61% reported moderate inadequacies in the application of the privacy component of respectful maternity care and only 4.61% experienced mild inadequacies in the application of privacy component of respectful maternity care. Addressing these gaps can significantly improve maternal satisfaction, foster a positive care experience, and uphold ethical standards in maternity care. |
Cancer is a universal and non-communicable disease that affects people without regard to race, gender; socio economic status or culture. It can occur at any site or tissue of the body and involves any type of cells. A quasi experimental design was used for the study. The subjects were selected by using proportionate stratified random sampling technique from urban colleges of Bangalore South; Karnataka. The total subjects under the study were 500 adolescents (250 for experimental group and 250 for control group).The results of the study showed that there was a significant increase in knowledge, attitude and practice scores after administration of Structured Instructional Module as evident by the improvement knowledge mean percentage 27.7% with ‘t’ value 44.24 which is significant at 0.05 level in experimental group and improvement knowledge mean percentage 0.2% with ‘t’ value 1.37, which is nonsignificant at 0.05 level in control group. Experimental group knowledge shows highly positive correlation between attitude & practice (r=0.8188*), Practice indicates moderately positive correlation between knowledge & attitude (0.7886*) and Attitude has low positive correlation between knowledge and practice(0.6786*).Where as in control group Practice has highly positive correlation between knowledge &attitude (r=0.8618*), knowledge shows moderately positive correlation between attitude & practice (r=0.8513*), and Attitude indicates low positive correlation between knowledge and practice (0.6525*). There was significant association with post test knowledge level and demographic variables such as age, gender, class studying, branch in PUC and number of siblings and the demographic variables such as age, gender, class studying, and type of family shows association with post test knowledge scores in control group.
The study was conducted to assess the attitude and knowledge regarding Respectful maternity and new born care among staff nurses. Quantitative research approach with descriptive design was used. 30 staff nurses on basis of inclusion and exclusion criteria were selected using convenient sampling technique. The finding of the study revealed that 9(30%) had adequate knowledge, 18(60%) had moderately adequate knowledge 3(10%) had inadequate knowledge. Among 30 nurses,28(93.33%) had positive attitude 2(6.6%) had negative attitude towards respectful maternity and new born care. There is a positive correlation found between attitude and knowledge regarding Respectful maternity and new born care
| Background: Good eating habits during pregnancy will also result into giving birth to healthy baby. What one eats during pregnancy does affect one’s health, as well as the way an unborn baby grows and develops. 1, 2 But many mothers are wonder about presence of caffeine in a cup of coffee or tea. So she must aware of caffeinated food which she consumes knowingly or unknowingly. 3 Methods: One group pre-test and post- test Pre-experimental design, with purposive sampling method was used. Information was collected from 50 antenatal mothers, using the structured knowledge questionnaire. STP was implemented and post-test was conducted after 7 days to find the effectiveness. Data was analysed by using descriptive and inferential statistical techniques. Results: The findings of the study revealed that, the overall mean knowledge score in the pre-test was 48.5 % and 84.3 % in the post test with enhancement of 35.8 % and it was significant at 5% level. Analysis of socio-demographic variables showed significant association between residential area with knowledge score at 5% level (P>0.05). Interpretation and Conclusion: This study concluded that the Structured Teaching Programme was effective to improve the knowledge of antenatal mothers on effect of caffeinated food on fetus. |
Procrastination has been commonly understood as a maladaptive behavior that impedes successful academic experiences. Procrastination is expressed in a set of conditions affected by the intellectual achievements. Although academic procrastination is a common type of procrastination which can be seen in children, adolescents and adults in their respective universities. Recent study was conducted in order to measure the procrastination among students and it was suggested that the students will be showing this behavior to reduce or avoid criticism. The study focused on academic procrastination among nursing students at selected Nursing College, Bangalore. Non-experimental descriptive design was used to conduct the study on academic procrastination among nursing students to assess the level of academic procrastination. 100 nursing students were selected by non-probability-convenience sampling technique. Self administered Rating scale on Procrastination was used to collect the data. The result show that majority of nursing students (43%) expressed neutral response about academic procrastination. 34.60% of nursing students agreed to have academic procrastination. 8.80% of nursing students, strongly disagree for academic procrastination. In contrast 7.93% of nursing students strongly agree for academic procrastination. A minority of (5.90%) nursing students, disagree for academic procrastination |
Received 30 December 2024
Received in revised form
18 January 2025
Available online 28 April 2025
Academic Procrastination
Nursing Students
Healthcare professionals undergo a variety of occupational health disorders during their work in the hospital. Occupational health is essential, and lack of occupational safety can lead to many serious health threats and affect the quality of care/services provided and the productivity of the hospital. The present study aimed to assess the knowledge regarding occupational health and safety among nursing staff in selected hospitals in Bengaluru. The objectives of the study were to assess the knowledge of occupational health and safety among the nursing staff and to find out the association between knowledge and selected socio-demographic variables. A descriptive (non-experimental) study was used for the present study. A structured questionnaire was used to assess the level of knowledge of nursing staff regarding occupational health and safety. Data were collected from 50 nursing staff using a convenient (purposive) sampling technique. The test findings revealed that 20% of the nursing staff had good knowledge, 56% of the nursing staff had average knowledge, and 24% of the nursing staff had poor knowledge of occupational health and safety. |
Received 11 January 2025
Received in revised form
18 March 2025
Available online 28 April 2025
Nursing Staff
Occupational Health and Safety
Hazards At The Workplace Occupational Health Occupational Hazards and Occupational Safety.
Respectful maternity care is an approach to maternal health care that prioritizes women, autonomy, dignity, and well-being during pregnancy, childbirth, and postpartum. The descriptive study aims to assess the application of the privacy component of respectful maternity care among postnatal mothers in selected maternity hospitals, in Bangalore. The sample size was 65 postnatal mothers selected through simple random sampling. Data were collected through a structured questionnaire. The study’s objectives included assessing the application of the privacy component of respectful maternity care among postnatal mothers and finding the association between the socio-demographic variables and the privacy component of Respectful maternity care among postnatal mothers. The findings revealed that 59.76% of mothers experienced severe inadequacies in the application of the privacy component of respectful maternity care,44.61% reported moderate inadequacies in the application of the privacy component of respectful maternity care and only 4.61% experienced mild inadequacies in the application of privacy component of respectful maternity care. Addressing these gaps can significantly improve maternal satisfaction, foster a positive care experience, and uphold ethical standards in maternity care. |
Received 29 January 2025
Received in revised form
17 February 2025
Available online 28 April 2025
Postnatal care,
Level of satisfaction
Respectful maternity care (RMC) refers to the care organized and provided to all women in a manner that maintains their dignity, privacy and confidentiality, ensures freedom from harm and mistreatment, and enables informed choice and continuous support during labor and childbirth. The main objectives of the study were to assess the knowledge regarding RMC and newborn care among final year BSc nursing students. To find out the association between selected demographic variables among final years BSc nursing students. To find out the association between selected demographic variables with knowledge regarding RMC and newborn care among the final year nursing students. The present study adapted a descriptive research design. For collecting the data, a structured questionnaire was prepared. 4th year BSc nursing students were our samples and the setting of the study was a selected college of nursing in Bangalore. The sample size was 68. The samples were selected by disproportional stratified random technique. Data was collected with demographic Performa, and 30 questions were used to assess the knowledge regarding RMC & NBC. After analysis the result was found that the majority had moderate level of knowledge (54.4%) regarding RMC & NBC. |
Received 10 January 2025
Received in revised form
25 March 2025
Available online 28 April 2025
Respectful maternity care (RMC)
Newborn care (NBC)
knowledge
Cervical cancer is a growth of cells that starts in the cervix. The cervix is the lower part of the uterus that connects to the vagina. Various strains of the human papillomavirus, also called HPV, play a role in causing most cervical cancers. HPV is a common infection that’s passed through sexual contact. When exposed to HPV, the body’s immune system typically prevents the virus from doing harm. In a small percentage of people, however, the virus survives for years. This contributes to the process that causes some cervical cells to become cancer cells. Risk of Cervical cancer can be reduced through periodic screening and vaccination which protects against HPV infection. When cervical cancer happens, it’s often first treated with surgery to remove the cancer. Other treatments may include medicines to kill the cancer cells. Options might include chemotherapy and targeted therapy medicines. Radiation therapy with powerful energy beams also may be used. Sometimes treatment combines radiation with low-dose chemotherapy. The dates of the descriptive study were July 21, 2024, to Aug 22, 2024. Using the stratified random sample procedure, 120 study participants were chosen. The research was carried out in Akkamahadevi women’s arts, science and commerce college, Bagalkot. The study involving 120 adolescent girls. Data were collected with a structured questionnaire and variables including socio demographic characteristics, knowledge of cervical cancer and HPV vaccination.
