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Effectiveness Of Fall Prevention Program On Nurses’ Knowledge And Fall Prevention Practices, Alisha Bhardwaj, Deepa Chugh

Manipal Journal of Nursing and Health Sciences

economic harm. Nurses who care for patients should be aware of the risk factors of patient falls, ways to prevent falls and provide nursing intervention. Hence, a fall prevention program was organized in order to educate the nurses regarding fall prevention. Objective: The objectives of the study were to identify the nurses’ knowledge and fall prevention practices in the hospital before and after implementation of educational sessions, to evaluate the effectiveness of fall prevention programs on nurses’ knowledge and fall prevention practices and to find out the association between post-intervention nurses’ knowledge with selected demographic variables. Method: Pre-experimental research design …

The Unheard Cry Of An Emergency Nurse, Monica Rita Hendricks, Dr.Sunil Kumar Shetty

Manipal Journal of Nursing and Health Sciences

Abstract

Working as an emergency nurse, brings along with it a string of complications that the nurse initially did not sign up for when she opted for a job in the emergency department. The dreams of a fresh staff are soon crushed by the turmoil of their her job.

The aim of this reality check article is to spread awareness among the nurses in India and make them feel supported in their ordeal. The paper also focuses on what could be done to help the nurses traverse through their stressful everyday nursing lives.

Key words: Emergency department, nurse, stress