RESEARCH PROPOSAL

Chetna , MBBS - 3rd prof

Guide - Dr Punita Salwan

(Anatomy deptt)

Co guide-Dr.Manpreet Kaur ( Vice Principal - Nursing

College SGRDIMSR)
TITLE :-

Knowledge of Palliative Care among Nursing

Students: A Cross Sectional Study
INTRODUCTION -

- According to national institute of health ,

Palliative care is specialized medical care
for people living with a serious illness,
such as cancer or heart failure. Patients in
palliative care may receive medical care
for their symptoms, or palliative care,
along with treatment intended to cure their
serious illness. (1)
AIMS/OBJECTIVES: -

The objective of the study is to measure the level of

knowledge of final year BSc. nursing students of
Nursing regarding Palliative care using Palliative
Care Quiz of Nursing (PCQN)
SIGNIFICANCE/OUTCOME OF STUDY: -

-This study signifies the need assessment for

palliative care training in BSc. nursing students .
REVIEW OF LITERATURE: -

-The World Health Organization (WHO) stated that about

21.6 million children globally require some level of PPC
and a 2011 survey uncovered that 65.6% of states did not
have any PPC administrations, and just 5.7% had
incorporated it into standard healthcare. (4)

-Nurses play an important role in providing palliative care

and should be prepared to provide quality end-of-lie (EOL)
care (5).
 MATERIAL &METHODS: -
Using total enumerative sampling, 100 final year
nursing students studying in SGRD College of
Nursing, Amritsar, Punjab will be recruited. A
pre-validated Palliative care quiz of Nursing
(PCQN) having 20 statements will be used . It
will be answered as true, false or dont know .
PCQN has total 3 categories -
A) philosophy and principles of palliative care – 4
items (1,9,12,17)
(B) pain and symptom management -13 items
(remaining)
(C) psychological and spiritual care- 3 items
(5,11,19).
Correct answers will be given a score of 1
and incorrect ones and don't know will be
given a score of 0. The scores of
individual statements will be added. Level
of knowledge will be divided on the basis
of percentage

>70% as good,

50-70% as average and

<50% as poor.

STATISTICAL ANALYSIS - percentage for

each category will be calculated.
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Thank you!