A study to assess the effectiveness of Self-Educational Module on faculties Knowledge and Skill in handling Freshman adjustment problems and coping strategies in selected colleges at Bangalore North was undertaken by Ms.Chaitra.B.C in partial fulfillment of the requirement for the Degree of Master of Science in Nursing under the Rajiv Gandhi University of Health Sciences, Bangalore. The research approach adopted for this study is evaluative approach. The research design adopted for the study was per- experimental single group (O1XO2) design was applied. The non-probability purposive sampling was used to select the sample for the study. The sample consists of the 60 faculties who are teaching UG students in selected colleges at Bangalore north, Karnataka. The instrument used for the data collection was self-administered questionnaire and observation checklist. Paired t-test analysis used to test the per-test and post-test score of knowledge. The paired‘t’ value of knowledge was 21.33 which is significant at 5% level and the paired ‘t’ value of skill was 24.77 which is significant at 5% level showed that there is significant increase in the knowledge and skill of faculties after the administration of Self Educational Module. The Percentage Mean difference was 8.23 and 5.18 for knowledge and skills respectively. The faculties post-test Mean knowledge is 15.12 with Standard deviation of 2 and the correlation between post-test knowledge and skill score is +0.684 which is significant at 5% level. The total effectiveness of Self Educational Module on faculties’ knowledge and skill in handling freshman adjustment problems and coping strategies shows a mean increase of 8.14 in knowledge and 5.18 in skills among faculties with mean percentages increase of 41.2% in knowledge and 25.9% from pre-test to post test. The findings of the study recommended the further interventional approaches regarding the faculties’ knowledge in handling freshman adjustment problems and coping strategies. Self-learning and Mass education regarding the faculties’ knowledge in handling freshman adjustment problems and coping strategies creates awareness. The present study proved the self-educational module was effective among the faculties who are teaching UG students to increase knowledge and skill in handling freshman adjustment problems and coping strategies.

Background and Purpose of the study: Pulmonary rehabilitation for patients with COPD is well established and widely accepted as a means to alleviate symptoms and optimize functional status, increase participation, and reduce health care costs by stabilizing or reversing systemic manifestations of the disease. It is a form of rehabilitation dealing with respiratory disorders and limited participation in daily life. Pulmonary rehabilitation includes patient education, exercise training, psychosocial support and advice on nutrition. Pulmonary rehabilitation has been shown to improve exercise capacity, reduce breathlessness, improve health-related quality of life, and decrease healthcare utilization. Pulmonary rehabilitation should be offered to all patients who consider themselves functionally disabled by COPD4. Patients with chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) often decrease their physical activity because exercise can worsen dyspnea. The progressive deconditioning associated with inactivity initiates a vicious cycle, with dyspnea becoming problematic at ever lower physical demands. Pulmonary rehabilitation aims to break the cycle. Objectives: 1) To assess the level of knowledge regarding pulmonary rehabilitation in COPD patients among nursing students. 2) To find out the effectiveness of planned teaching programme regarding pulmonary rehabilitation in COPD patients among nursing students. 3) To find out the association between the pre-test knowledge regarding pulmonary rehabilitation in COPD patients with selected socio demographic variables. Approach: Evaluative approach was selected for the study. Design: Quasi-experimental (one group pretest and posttest) was selected for the study. Subjects: 50 nursing students. Sampling Technique: A purposive sampling technique was used to select the sample for study. Data Collection Tool: A structured questionnaire was used to collect data from the subjects. Data Analysis: The obtained data was analyzed using descriptive and inferential statistics and interpreted in terms of objectives and hypothesis of the study. The level of significance was set at 0.05 levels. Results: 88% of the nursing students obtained adequate level of information and 6% had a moderate level of knowledge. None of the staff nurses possessed inadequate level of knowledge Conclusion: In the pretest the subjects had an inadequate knowledge where as in the post test all the subjects had gained adequate knowledge. The study findings indicate that PPT was effective enhancing the knowledge of nursing students regarding pulmonary rehabilitation in COPD patients.

Educating the rural people regarding availability and utilization of health care services will improve their knowledge and health also. So, this study is intended to assess the knowledge of residents regarding Availability and utilization of health care services with a view to develop information booklet. The objectives are to assess knowledge and associate them with selected demographic variables, develop and provide an information booklet regarding availability and utilization of health care services among residents. Research approach was used is descriptive approach which is an non-experimental design. The target population for the study were selected from PHC, Bengaluru. This population was selected by convenient sampling technique. The total samples under the study were 60 residents (male and female). The data was collected by structured questionnaire schedule which was designed to assess the knowledge of residents regarding availability and utilization of health care services. The results were described by using descriptive and inferential statistics. The major findings of the study show the respondent’s mean knowledge score 18.3% of the respondents had inadequate knowledge,78.3% of the respondents had moderate knowledge and 3.3% of the respondents had adequate knowledge on availability and utilization of health care services. Among the demographic variables analysed in the study, gender and type of family to have significant association with knowledge scores. And there was no significant association found between, age, occupational status, educational status. The overall findings of the study clearly showed that the residents had moderate knowledge score (78.3%). It reveals that, if the residents are provided with some sort of educational interventions such as information booklets, on availability and utilization of health care services will definitely brief up their knowledge, which in turn contributes to improve the total quality of one’s health.

Grain dust is the dust produced during harvesting, drying, handling, storage or processing of wheat, oats, rice, barley or maize. Grain dust is composed of a large number of materials including various types of grain and their disintegration products, silica, fungi, insects and mites. The study aims to assess the knowledge and determine the relationship regarding the ill effects of grain dust exposure on respiratory system among flour mill workers. The research approach for this study is explorative and descriptive survey. The researcher planned to explore the knowledge regarding the ill effects of grain dust exposure on respiratory system and its prevention. The structured interview schedules were tried out with flour mill workers in selected flour mill at Bangalore rural. Split half method was done and co- efficient correlation was found (r= 0.82) which indicates high degree of reliability. Finding of the study showed, knowledge score of the flour mill workers 82% of them were having below average knowledge and 10% of them were having average knowledge and 8% of them only having good knowledge regarding the ill effects of grain dust exposure. The study concluded that the knowledge of mill workers is a basic education programme in community area such as occupational health. The primary task of nursing education is to improve the knowledge and practices to prevent the ill effects among occupational development among the community.

This study aims to determine the level of knowledge among staff nurses on Narcotic policy and ascertain their knowledge by structured teaching programme with pre-test, post-test method. The study attempted to assess the knowledge on Narcotic policy among staff nurses before and after structured teaching programme; evaluate the effectiveness of structured teaching programme on narcotic policy among staff nurses; and to find out the association between post level of knowledge among staff nurses on narcotic policy and selected demographic variables. A quasi-experimental study was carried out with 60 staff nurses from BGS & Jeevani Sarvodaya Hospital, Bangalore. A structured knowledge questionnaire was used to evaluate the knowledge level on narcotic policy before & after an STP. Data were analysed with chi-square and t test. The result showed that there was a significant difference between pre-test and post-test knowledge scores as assessed by the paired t-test value at 36.766 (HS p=0.001). There was significant association between knowledge and the selected demographic variables (age, area of experience and years of experience (p 0.05). Thus for this study one can conclude that STP could be an effective strategy to improve the knowledge of staff nurses on narcotic policy