Community Health Nursing

Department of Community Health Nursing

Philosophy:

We believe prevention is better than cure. Community services provided by our students at door steps of people/community could able to prevent diseases, promote and maintain the health of the people /community. It is possible as a health team members to detect the health condition at earliest and to maintain the prompt treatment if any in the community level. We strive for rehabilitate the people to bring them back as normal as possible.

Aims:

1.Community Health Nursing services for promotive ,preventive, curative and rehabilitative aspects of care to the people across their life span in wide variety of community care settings.
2.To be the part of all National Health Programmes and contribute for health of our country.

Objectives of Community Health Nursing Department

Community Health Nursing at Dr.M.V.Shetty College of Nursing aim to prepare students to assume responsibilities as a community health nurse practitioner, consultants, counsellors, educators and administrators in a different areas of Community Specialities/Settings/Practice areas.

Our major objectives for the Master program to;

assist student to develop expertise and in depth understanding of the field of Community Health Nursing.
help the student to appreciate and identify individual, families, groups and work as independent Community Health Practitioner and Specialist.
enable them to function as an educator, manager and researcher in the field of community health Nursing.

Objectives of the U.G.Programme

To prepare students to understand the principles of promotion and maintainance of health and prevention of diseases.
To prepare students to practice community health nursing for the individual, family and groups at urban/ rural settings by using concept and principles of community health nursing.
To develop initial skills in organizing health programmes ,conducting projects developing protocols at community field area.
To understand various health agencies functioning at local, central and international level towards the health.

Activities Of the Department:

1. Survey of the allotted/adopted area.
2. Identify health problems and provide nursing care services as per need.
3 .Awareness programmes to the community.
4 .Organizing health programmes.
5 .Participating in all the National Health Programmes.
6. Need based Project work.
7. Participating in activities of Primary Health Care and Family Welfare Centres.
8 .Organizing In service education to staff of Primary Health Centre and health care workers.
9. Develop family folders.
10.Observe all the National Health Days in a meaningful way.

Ongoing Projects

Sl.No	Year	Thesis title	Name	Guided by
1	1994	Knowledge of Traditional Birth Attendants to identify high risk mothers.	Mrs.Laxmi Rani	Prof.Mrs.Aleyamma
2	1997	Knowledge of female health workers on home care of low birth weight babies.	Ms.Mariammal P.	Prof.Mrs.Sipra Bhar
3	1998	Assessing the utilization of maternal and child health services of primary health centre by the community.	Ms.Shobha S.Yavagal	Prof.Mrs.Laxmi Rana
4	2000	Knowledge ,attitude and practice of temporary methods of family planning among the female population attending immunization clinic.	Mrs.Saroja	Prof.Mrs.Laxmi Rana
5	2000	Knowledge of school children regarding practice of personal hygiene.	Mr.Narasimha Prasad	Prof.Mrs.Laxmi Rana
6.	2000	Self instructional module on learning needs of anganwadi workers regarding malnutrition	Mrs.Indira Kumari	Prof.Mrs.Laxmi Rana
7.	2001	Identify the perceived openion of fathers on their responsibilities in infant care	Ms.Seena S	Prof.Mrs.Laxmi Rana
8	2001	Knowledge attitude and Practice of Mothers on Underfive Growth Monitoring	Mrs.Prakash H.B	Prof.Mrs.Laxmi Rana
9	2008	Knowledge on Domestic Violence among married women	Ms.Anju Prasad	Prof.Mrs.Indrani
10.	2009	Knowledge and attitude of Auto Rickshaw drivers on care of victims during Road Traffic Accidents.	Mr.Vishnu A.P.	Prof.Mrs.Indrani
11.	2009	Knowledge among public regarding preventive measures of Swine flue.	Ms.Tania Ninan	Prof.Mrs.Indrani
12.	2009	Knowledge and attitude on menopause among women	Ms.Mable Baptist	Prof.Mrs.Indrani
13.	2009	Effectiveness of Video assisted teaching programme on breast self examination.	Mrs.Ashwathy	Prof.Mrs.Vimala Prasad
14.	2010	Effectiveness of health education programme on health problems among beedi rolling.	Ms.Anusha	Prof.Mrs.Vimala Prasad
15.	2010	Effectiveness of structured educational package on Natural Family planning methods among women.	Ms.Mintu K.K	Prof.Mrs.Vimala Prasad
16.	2010	Effectiveness of Planned teaching programme prevention of water borne diseases among upper primary school children.	Mr.Vinish	Prof.Mrs.Vimala Prasad

Ongoing Undergraduation Projects :

Sl.No	Year	Thesis title	Guided by
1	2010	Knowledge on premenstrual syndrome among adolescent girl in selected school.	Mrs.Nisha Mathew
2	2010	Knowledge on prevention of nutritional anemia among school age girls.	Mr.Manish Kumar
3	2010	Knowledge of female sedentary workers on prevention of osteoporosis.	Ms.Phabitha Philip
4.	2010	Knowledge of adolescents regarding blood donation in selected colleges.	Mr.Mathew Jacob
5.	2010	Knowledge of antenatal mothers regarding antenatal care in selected PHC.	Mrs.Veera Dsouza
6.	2010	Knowledge on prevention and management of Dengue fever among mothers in rural area.	Mrs.Veera Dsouza
7.	2010	Knowledge on ill effects of mass media among adolescents in selected preuniversity colleges.	Mr.Arun
8.	2010	Knowledge on prevention and management of oral cancer among adolescents in the community.	Mrs.Deepa Danieal.
9.	2010	Knowledge of mothers regarding prevention of accidents among toddlers in rural area.	Ms.Phabitha
10.	2010	Knowledge of adolescents behavioural problems in rural areas.	Mr.Arun Syam Philip
11.	2010	Knowledge on juvenile delinquency among adolescents in high school	Mrs.Deepa Danieal

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