Vijaya Kumar S

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Teaching learning both takes place simultaneously; teaching can never be effective without an effective learning at the same an effective learning can’t take place without effective teaching. Teacher has a very vital role to play in imparting knowledge to the pupils and this is likely to occur only when the teacher is able to acknowledge the necessity of the learner. In nursing education there are many factors that are responsible for the learning process to take place. Hence, it is always the teacher who is responsible for choosing the best and effective method to deliver the best lessons to the students. The aim of this research was to identify the efficacy of lecture cum demonstration on the knowledge and skills of the nursing students regarding cranial nerve assessment. The pre-experimental research design approach was considered appropriate for conducting this study. About 200 nursing students getting education in hand-picked nursing colleges of Lucknow were considered appropriate for this study. The relevant fact was gathered using self-prepared multiple choice knowledge questionnaires and an observation check list to assess the clinical expertise of the students. The lecture cum demonstration was effectual in upgrading the knowledge and clinical expertise of the student nurses. Keywords: Lecture, Demonstration, Knowledge, Skill, Cranial nerve assessment. 

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Evidence based nursing mainly focus on providing the best nursing care according to personnel clinical expertise and that should be in combination with the current available research topic and making quality decision. Practice based on evidence requires the incorporation of experienced staffs, involvement of research utilization into the clinical decision in order to guide the nursing care for patient welfare.1 The ultimate aim and goal of the study was to impart the information awareness of the final year B.Sc nursing students regarding the evidence based practice. The pre experimental research design was used to carry out the study in selected nursing colleges at Bangalore among the 400 final year B.Sc nursing students and purposive sampling technique was used for the selection of students. The study results reported that there was vast disparity between pre test and post test knowledge score amongst the final year nursing students after the implementation of teaching programme and nursing students acquired the adequate information on evidence based practice after attending the teaching programme. Keywords: EBP, EBN, STP, Information awareness, Final year nursing students, Nursing colleges.

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Evidence based practice constitutes one of the most important professional qualities in Nursing. Evidence based practice is the practice in nursing in which interventions are given to patients based on the current available evidence. Nurses are the one who plays a main role in improving the safety and quality care for the patients in providing the care and treatment facilities not only for the hospital even in the community also. Nurses need to know certain technique and should take a main step in proving the meaningful treatment to enhance the best outcome for the patient.1 The aim of the study was to find out the knowledge level of the final year B.Sc nursing students regarding evidence based practice and its importance in the nursing profession. In this quantitative study a self prepared fifty questionnaires was administered among the sample of 400 students to find out their knowledge level on evidence based practice. The data collection procedure was done in selected eligible Nursing institutions at Bangalore. Purposive sampling technique was used for the selection of the participants. Collected data was analyzed to draw the better conclusion and effective results. The finding reported that in the pre-test, most of the students participants had insufficient knowledge on EBP and few participants had only some idea about the EBP and its no one had the enough awareness about the importance of EBP in the nursing service In today’s health care setting all the patients expect the good and quality care for their safety and early recovery and it is purely based on health care providers especially nurses who practice with the evidence. Keywords: Nursing students, Knowledge, EBP, Patient, Research, EBN.

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