The study was undertaken to evaluate the effectiveness of prophylactic measures on deep vein thrombosis among post-operative patients at Selected Hospital, Maharashtra. A quantitative research approach was adopted for this particular study. A True-experimental post-test only design was adopted by the investigator for this study. A consecutive sampling technique was used to draw 60 post-operative patients (30 samples in the experimental group & 30 in the control group) as samples for this particular study. The samples in the experimental group received Prophylactic measures like early mobilization whereas the samples in the control group received only routine hospital care. Later, during post-test, Modified well’s criteria was used to identify the risk of patients for deep vein thrombosis on 5th day morning. The study findings revealed that there was a significant difference in the risk level of developing deep vein thrombosis between the samples of experimental group and control group t = 3.7, p= 0.01). The study results revealed that prophylactic measures are effective to prevent the risk of post-operative patients from developing deep vein thrombosis. Keywords: Effectiveness, Deep Vein Thrombosis, Post-operative patients, prophylactic measures.

This study was carried out to assess the knowledge and practice regarding prevention of Deep Vein Thrombosis among staff nurses working in selected tertiary care hospitals of Maharashtra state. A Cross sectional survey approach was used to assess the knowledge and practice regarding prevention of Deep Vein Thrombosis among staff nurses. A Descriptive Research Design was adopted by the investigator to assess the socio demographic profile as well as knowledge and practice of staff nurses. The investigator used a purposive sampling technique to select the study participants. To collect data, a Self-Administered Questionnaire was used among nurses. Further, the collected data were analyzed in accordance with the objectives of the research question. Majority 27(45%) of staff nurses had average knowledge and 8 (30%) had poor knowledge. The data with respect to the practice of staff nurses was collected using self-reported practice checklist, and results showed that majority had good (around 60%) practice on prevention of DVT.

This study has been undertaken to investigate the effectiveness of a Strategic Teaching Module on knowledge regarding prevention of Cervical Cancer among women of reproductive age residing in selected urban area of Maharashtra. The abnormal growth of cells with the capacity to invade or spread to other parts of the body is what causes cervical cancer. A quantitative research approach was adopted for this particular study. A one group pre-test and post-test experimental design was used to determine the effect of Strategic Teaching Module on knowledge of women of reproductive age regarding prevention of Cervical cancer. The study comprised of 50 women of reproductive age who fulfilled inclusive criteria and were drawn by Purposive Sampling method. A self-administered questionnaire (SAQ) was used for collecting data from the study participants. The content Validity of the tool was established in consultation with 10 experts from the field of Obstetrics and Gynecological Nursing, Medical Surgical Nursing, an educationist and a statistician. Further, the Reliability coefficient of knowledge questionnaire was calculated using the Karl Pearson correlation coefficient method. However, a formal permission was obtained from authorities concerned for data collection. Later, the Collected data were tabulated and analyzed using descriptive and inferential statistics. The study revealed that the mean score among women of reproductive age was 12 during pre-test rose up to 19 in the post-test evaluation. Result interpreted that there was a significant increase in knowledge level of women of reproductive age after the intervention and the calculated ‘t’ value was greater than the table value of ‘t’ at 0.05 level. This indicates that Strategic Teaching Module was effective in improving the knowledge of the women of reproductive age. Keywords: Effectiveness, Strategic Teaching Module, Cervical Cancer, Knowledge, Women of reproductive age