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‘Perceptions of nursing students towards Community Health Nursing bag and its utilization.’
*Mr. .Kedari Samson, **Mrs. Reshma Bodhak
Department of community Health Nursing, Sinhgad College of Nursing, Pune.
INTRODUCTION The community health nursing bag is also called as a home health care bag, public health bag, medical bag, visiting bag and supply bag use by a community health nurse and nursing students to carry the needed equipment, articles and supplies to provide patient care in the home setting. A community health nursing bag technique is tools were community health bag is used, through which the nurse during his or her home visit perform nursing procedures easily. It saves time and effort of home health nurse and provides effective nursing care.Some of the earliest nurses used nurse’s bags. Florence Nightingale treated wounded soldiers with a black bag in her hand. The medical bag was a convenient way for the nurse to carry all of her supplies and equipment to her patient’s home. It was also a mechanism to spread microorganisms from patient to patient. Traditionally, it was a large black leather bag. In early 1900s the nursing bag is and has been considered as an important tool for the community health nurses. The bag contains necessary articles and equipment’s needed for a home visit and to provide patient care on the basis of initial assessment. It also includes the articles that is used for the assessment of an unexpected situation arises in the home setting. The bag offers immediate access to infection control supplies such as those needed for hand washing and barrier
protection. Throughout its history, the nurse was recognized in the community as health care provider with the help of the community health bag.
NEED OF THE STUDY The aim of the study is to understand how nursing bag support to provide treatment in patient’s home researcher identified need to develop new design of nursing bag for 21 centuries two types of data were collected previous review of literature and empirical data. The services are evaluated and it shows that the current bag is not able to face the challenges of health care workers experienced in the home environment. An analysis shows that variation in bag type, design, weight and material used. The bag should not weight more that 2 to 5 kg and it should be made up of absorbent material which prevents infections and bacteria. The drug resistant infections such as methicillin-resistant and staphylococcus aurous makes nursing bag outdated and dangerous with improvised nursing bag maximum number of home visit nurse can make each day.
OBJECTIVES 1. To assess the perceptions of the
nursing students towards community health nursing bag and its utilization.
2. To associate the study findings with selected demographic variables.
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METHODLOGY Research approach: - Quantitative Descriptive Exploratory research approach Research design: -Quantitative on Experimental Descriptive Exploratory Research Design Setting of the study: - The study was conducted in selected nursing colleges. Sample: - The sample for present study comprised of150 nursing students Sampling technique: -Non probability convenient sampling technique was used in the study to collect subject.
MAJOR FINDINGS 1. Finding related to demographic characteristics of participant 65.3% of the nursing students had age 18-22 years, 31.3% of them had age 23-26 years and 3.3% of them had age 27-30 years. 22% of them were males and 78% of them were females.33.3% of them were Second year basic B.Sc. Nursing students, 33.3% of them were fourth year basic B.Sc. Nursing students and 33.3% of them were second year post basic B.Sc. Nursing students. 2. Finding related to the perceptions of nursing students towards utilization of community health nursing bag Majority 100 (66.7%) of nursing students had good perception (Score 73-96) and 50 (33.3%) of them had average perception (Score 49-72) towards community health nursing bag and its utilization. Analysis of data related to the association
of the study findings with selected demographic variables
Analysis of data related to association of the perceptions of the nursing students towards utilization of the community health nursing bag findings with selected demographic variables was done by using Chi-square test. The p-values 0.820 are large (greater than 0.05), this shows that the age of the nursing students do not have significant
association with perceptions of the nursing students towards community health nursing bag and its utilizationthe p-values 0.060 are large (greater than 0.05), this shows that the gender of the nursing students do not have significant association with perceptions of the nursing students towards community health nursing bag and its utilization. The p-values 0.677 are large (greater than 0.05), this shows that the Professional qualification of the nursing students do not have significant association with perceptions of the nursing students towards community health nursing bag and its utilization. Since all the p-values are large (greater than 0.05), none of the demographic variables was found to have significant association with perceptions of the nursing students towards community health nursing bag and its utilization.
DISCUSSION Majority of the 65.3% of the nursing students had age 18-22 years, 31.3% of them had age 23-26 years and 3.3% of them had age 27-30 years. Most of the nursing students 78% of them were females and 22% of them were males and majority of 100 (66.7%) of nursing students had good perception (Score 73-96) and 50 (33.3%) of them had average perception (Score 49-72) towards community health nursing bag and its utilization. All the p-values are large (greater than 0.05), none of the demographic variables was found to have significant association with perceptions of the nursing students towards community health nursing bag and its utilization. So the nursing students should continue to carry community health nursing bag in the home visiting to care for the people during home visiting Proper bag technique should be taught to the nursing students which will facilitate to give proper care to the community people and it will also
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prevent infection and help in preventing the spoiling of the content of the community health nursing bag Nursing students are the building block of the nursing profession so proper bag technique and proper utilization of the community health bag should be taught to the students so their perception about the utilization of the community health nursing bag will never be in a negative path .it will always good.
CONCLUSION Majority of 100 (66.7%) of nursing students had good perception (Score 73-96) and 50 (33.3%) of them had average perception (Score 49-72) towards community health nursing bag and its utilization. Since all the p-values are large (greater than 0.05), none of the demographic variables was found to have significant association with perceptions of the nursing students towards community health nursing bag and its utilization.
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