International Journal of Nursing Education and Research

G. Muthamilselvi ¹, P. Vadivukkarasi Ramanadin ²

Affiliations
1 Vinayaka Mission’s College of Nursing,, Pudhucherry, IN
2 Dept. of OBG (N), Mata Sahib Kaur College of Nursing, Mohali, Punjab, IN

Abstract

Assessment of clinical competence is an essential, mandatory requirement for health care profession. But it became a tough job for nurse educator as it poses several challenges in terms of objectivity and reliability. The OSCE which is the performance based method helps to overcome these challenges. This study was undertaken with the aim of assessing the knowledge, attitude and exploring the opinion towards OSCE among the nursing faculty by using mixed method. Knowledge on OSCE was assessed by using Structured Questionnaire with 15 items and attitude was assessed by using five point Likert scale with 10 items. Unstructured Questionnaire was formulated to explore an opinion. Non - Probability, Convenient sampling technique was used to select Thirty Nursing Faculty. Study findings shows that the Nursing Faculty have 40% Excellent knowledge, 47% of them have Adequate and 13% of them have inadequate knowledge and also it shows that 73% of them have positive attitude and 27% of them have negative attitude towards OSCE. Correlation between Knowledge and Attitude towards OSCE reveals that moderately negative correlation. Opinion on OSCE was explored and grouped under "Opinion on OSCE", "Client Care", "Clinical Evaluation", "Utilization of Resources" and "Difference between OSCE and Traditional method of Clinical Examination". The study recommends that the Nursing Faculty should develop positive Opinion and skill in preparing the students by using OSCE.

Keywords

Objective Structured Clinical Examination, Sequential Research Method, Qualitative Research Approach and Interview Schedule.

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Nisha Walia ¹, P. Vadivukkarasi Ramanadin ¹

Affiliations
1 Dept. of OBG(N), Mata Sahib Kaur College of Nursing, Balongi, Mohali, IN

Abstract

Pregnancy is more precious experience. First pregnancy is more joyful and also feels anxious about how they are going to cope with themselves. With this aim the researcher made an attempt to assess anxiety on labour process among the pregnant women. A quantitative research approach with descriptive design was adopted. The sample consists of 100 primigravida by purposive sampling technique. Structured interview schedule was used to collect the data from primigravida females in the month of Feb. The collected data was analyzed by using descriptive and inferential statistics. Study findings shows that the majority of the primigravida i.e. 43% belongs to the age group of less than 23 years, 33% of the primigravida were studied till metric class, majority (81%) of primigravida were house wives, 53% of primigravida were from the families having monthly income of less than Rs.10,000/-, 52% of primigravida were housewives, majority (59%) of the primigravida were from nuclear family and 41% of primigravida gained knowledge on labour from their family. Assessment of anxiety by the Hamilton anxiety scale shows that majority of the primigravida i.e. 79% had moderate level of anxiety, 14% of primigravida had mild level of anxiety and 7% of them had severe level of anxiety. Study findings reveal that there is association between level of anxiety and income. It also denotes that there is no association between level of anxiety and age, education, occupation, religion, type of family and source of information.

Keywords

Primigravida, Hamilton Anxiety Scale, Labour Process, Reliability and F - Test.

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