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103 articles for “Cure”
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A Study to Evaluate the Effectiveness of Structure Teaching Programme on Knowledge Regarding Health Hazards and Prevention of Selected Substance Abuse among Pu College Students of Urban Pu Colleges at Bangalore
Abstract: An ounce of prevention is worth a pound of cure.” The word “adolescence” is derived from the Latin adolescere (to grow up). Adolescence is therefore literally the period of growing up and becoming an adult. In western society the term is now mainly used to describe the period from about 12 to about 18 or 19 years, or the period of development from childhood to young adulthood. Drug is a …
Published in International journal of Nursing Science Practice and Research · Vol. 4, Issue 1, 2018 · pp. 42–86 Read article
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Effectiveness of Structured Teaching Program on Knowledge Regarding DOTS among Nursing Students
Abstract: Introduction: In India, tuberculosis (TB) remains a major public health problem. DOTS was the Directly Observed Treatment Short course strategy. All countries with a TB problem were to supply standardized short-course drug treatment to, at least, all lower respiratory tract smear-positive TB patients in DOTS strategy; the health worker or any community volunteer watches the patient swallow all his/her drugs. This improves the cure rate of TB. The healthcare provider …
Published in International journal of Nursing Science Practice and Research · Vol. 6, Issue 2, 2020 · pp. 54–61 Read article
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A Descriptive Study to Assess the Knowledge and Attitude Regarding Breast Self-examination among Girls in Selected Colleges of the City and to Develop and Disseminate an Informational Booklet on Breast Self-examination
Abstract: Background: Prevention is better than cure measures should be taken to prevent cancerous lesion by detecting it at earliest stage. Breast screening in general population has shown to reduce mortality and helps to detect it at earliest stage. Breast self-examination is a technique that all women can use to assess their own breasts. Women familiar with their own normal breast characteristics can easily notice the development of abnormalities early. Each …
Published in International Journal of Obstetrics, Perinatal and Neonatal Nursing · Vol. 6, Issue 1, 2020 · pp. 45–52 Read article