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Various concerns in nursing practices have been answered by implementing different nursing care models and theories. The theory of Nursing and Environment given by Florence nightingale is based on philosophical assumptions. The theory states that nurses modify the environment to keep the patient healthy. This paper analyzed a pediatric case scenario in the light of Florence Nightingale's Environmental theory. Nightingale explained 13 environmental canons, which are reflected in the case study. The paper further proposed recommendations that can be used to test relevant nursing intervention on the ground of Nightingale's theory, in order to avoid unpleasant consequences and similar scenarios. In conclusion of this paper Nightingale's nursing theory was proved to be applicable in guiding nursing care of pediatric clients with multiple infections.

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Proper segregation as well as disposal of waste products in hospitals is essential. Adequate knowledge on biomedical waste management is imperative. Gaming enables adult learners to learn through interactive experiences. The following study was conducted in Bhubaneswar to assess effectiveness of gaming on knowledge regarding biomedical waste management of nursing students. The objectives of the study were to assess the knowledge of the students regarding biomedical waste management and to determine the effect of gaming on knowledge of students. A quasiexperimental design was adopted with a sample size of 60 first year B.Sc. Nursing students, who were randomly selected. The data was collected using a self structured knowledge questionnaire on biomedical waste management. Four predetermined gaming activities were carried out for the participants and post test was done two weeks later. Data was analysed statistically using frequency, percentage, and t-test. The study reveals that, the total mean percentage score of pretest was 36% with mean 8.966 and SD 2.645 and the total mean percentage score of posttest was 66.8% with mean 16.62 and SD 5.461. There was significant improvement in the knowledge score of students participated in the gaming (t-10.207, p<0.001). Gaming increases the group participation of the students and can be used in the classroom setup to motivate the students.

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Juvenile diabetes is now becoming far more common among the children and women of low socioeconomic background. The most troublesome aspect of juvenile diabetes is its increasing prevalence in poor children in India. It requires the combined effort of both the physician and the nurse. The nurse should understand the effect of Diabetes on the child and family, appreciate developmental issues for each stage of Diabetes and their relationship to Diabetes and recognize their influence on the care of children with Juvenile diabetes. One group pretest – post test research design was adopted for the study. In view of the nature of the research problem and objectives, a structured questionnaire schedule and planned teaching programme was developed in the home management of juvenile diabetes mellitus. The study sample comprises of 85 students of third year B.Sc. Nursing selected by non probability convenient sampling technique. The Structured interview schedule was used to collect needed data followed by that Planned teaching Programme on domiciliary management of juvenile diabetes mellitus. After the pretest, a planned- LCD teaching programme was given for 45 minutes. Post test was administered after six days. The data collected were tabulated and analyzed by using descriptive and inferential statistics.

Results show that 82 (96.47%) students had inadequate knowledge in pre-test, 3 (3.53%) students had moderate knowledge and none of them had adequate knowledge in pre-test. In post-test, 30 (35.3%) students had moderate knowledge, 55 (64.7%) students had adequate knowledge and none of them had inadequate knowledge on Juvenile diabetes. The study concludes that the Planned teaching Programme was effective in improving the knowledge of students regarding domiciliary management of Juvenile diabetes.

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Nausea and vomiting during pregnancy is commonly known as “morning sickness”. It affects approximately 80% of women. It is much more common during the first trimester of the pregnancy. Symptoms may be present early in the morning and reduces as the day progresses. In more severe cases vomiting may cause dehydration, weight loss, high blood PH, and a low level of potassium in the blood. This condition is known as hyperemesis gravidarum and occurs in about 1% of all pregnancies. The investigator wanted to explore the relationship between morning sickness during pregnancy and infant gender among postnatal mothers as some studies have been found that pregnant women with diagnosis of hyperemesis gravidarum have given birth to a higher proportion of female newborn. A co-relational research design was adopted and the data was collected among 100 postnatal mothers and the results indicated that majority of the samples were in the age group of 26 to 30 years (46%). 58% were primigravid mothers and in relation to sex of the baby, 65% of mothers delivered female babies. The study revealed that there is significant relationship between morning sickness and infant gender.

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Hormone imbalances are becoming increasingly common due to changes in dieting pattern and significant environmental factors. One of them, now a days faced by adolescents (4-6%), is Polycystic Ovarian syndrome which is a common gynaecological endocrinopathy associated with problems like menstrual irregularities, hirsutism, obesity, insulin resistance, acne, and in later life it may lead to infertility, diabetes mellitus, and uterine cancer. Thus awareness is essential for early identification, management, and also to curtail the immediate and longterm complications of PCOS. The objective of the work is to find out the effectiveness of VATM in increasing awareness about PCOS among adolescents. Here one group pre & post test design with pre experimental study of 60 adolescents girls aged between 16-19 years were included. This study was conducted at Gayatri women's +2 science college, Berhampur, Ganjam, Odisha. The findings revealed that the overall mean knowledge score in pre-test was (13.96± 3.07), which is 41.05%, whereas in post-test it was (23.41± 4.0), which is 68.85% revealing good knowledge and the effectiveness was 27.8%. Hence video assisted teaching module is effective in enhancing knowledge among adolescents regarding PCOS. And also it can be recommended for the nurse midwives to counsel their clients who are at risk for developing PCOS regarding the risk factors, life style changes, and treatment options available with newer modalities, so that the future consequences of it can be well prevented.

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Tuberculosis is one of the leading causes of mortality and morbidity around the world. With the emergence of resistance to drugs used to treat Pulmonary TB, and HIV-TB co-infection, it has become a significant public health problem and an obstacle to effective TB control. A non-experimental comparative study design with cross-sectional survey approach was undertaken to compare the quality of life among tuberculosis new case, TB re-treatment, and TB with HIV in M.K.C.G. Medical College & Hospital Berhampur, Odisha. The overall QOL is good (61.62%), among TB new cases and among TB retreatment and TB with HIV client, the overall QOL score was average, i.e. 51.44% and 47.2%, respectively. Comparison of quality of life scores according to their demographic variety shows that QOL was better among male. Un-paired 't' and Anova test calculated to assess the significant difference of quality of life score between different categories of TB patient depicts that significant difference was found in TB new case with TB retreatment and TB with HIV, however in Anova test highly significant difference was found among TB new case, TB retreatment, and TB with HIV, respectively. The nurse can act as a counsellor and a health educator in improving adherence of medication and maintaining good quality of life for the patients. Based on the QOL score, a counselling guideline was developed, validated and distributed among DOTS providers of Berhampur city.

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Various concerns in nursing practices have been answered by implementing different nursing care models and theories. The theory of Nursing and Environment given by Florence nightingale is based on philosophical assumptions. The theory states that nurses modify the environment to keep the patient healthy. This paper analyzed a pediatric case scenario in the light of Florence Nightingale's Environmental theory. Nightingale explained 13 environmental canons, which are reflected in the case study. The paper further proposed recommendations that can be used to test relevant nursing intervention on the ground of Nightingale's theory, in order to avoid unpleasant consequences and similar scenarios. In conclusion of this paper Nightingale's nursing theory was proved to be applicable in guiding nursing care of pediatric clients with multiple infections.