OBJECTIVES The purpose of this study was to assess knowledge of pregnant women regarding anemia during pregnancy. METHODOLOGY A descriptive cross-sectional study design was used in this study. The study was conducted during 6 months (15th April-15th September 2022). By using non probability convenience sampling technique, 100 pregnant women admitted in gynecology department of tertiary hospitals of Peshawar were selected for this study. Informed consent was secured from the participants and permission was taken from tertiary hospitals administration. Data were collected by self-administered questionnaire and analyzed through SPSS version 22.0. RESULTS  In a sample of (n=100), 78% of the participants were within the age limit of 20 -30 years and 21% were within 30-40 age limit. Out of the total respondents 35% had weak knowledge, 61% of the participants had fair knowledge, and 4 % of the participants had good knowledge regarding anemia during Pregnancy.CONCLUSION Majority of participants had insufficient knowledge regarding anemia during pregnancy. Health education about foods with a high concentration of Iron is an essential step towards reducing iron deficiency anemia in pregnant women.

Nursing faculty are the key players in shaping the students by providing quality education. Faculty development is a crucial element of nursing education, and need assessment is fundamental and initial step for planning effective faculty development programs. Objective: To identify the needs of nursing faculty to facilitate teaching at Baccalaureate level in Nursing Colleges Khyber Pakhtunkhwa. Methods: A Descriptive Cross-sectional study was carried out in KPK in 2022. Overall, 242 participants from 14 colleges were involved in the study. Sample size was calculated through Raosoft software with 95% confidence interval, 5% margin of error, 50% hypothesized prevalence and 650 population. An adopted questionnaire was used to collect the data, its Cronbach’s alpha score is 0.968. The Questionnaires were filled by the faculty. The questionnaire had two sections; demographic section and faculty responses. Data were analyzed through SPSS version-22. Results: Out of 242 faculty, 238 completed the questionnaire with a response rate of 98.34%.  Majority of the participants were male (66%), most of the participants (70%) were > 50years of age, the largest proportion being lecturers (82.8%) and 69% participants were with <3years of teaching experience. The common teaching activities practiced by the participants were lecture (81.1%). The finding showed that the participants were having moderate to lower level of knowledge in four components. Conclusions: The priority areas identified for faculty development were OSCE, PBL, selecting assessment instrument for students’ evaluation, IT and computer skills. This study reinforces the need for effective faculty development program to train the faculty in these identified areas.