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CROSS SECTIONAL SURVEY TO ASSESS THE LEVEL OF SKILL ON NEUROLOGICAL EXAMINATION AMONG NURSING STUDENTS

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Dr. N. Balasubramanian, Anoop , Gurpreeti , Dilpreet Kaur
» doi: 10.31838/ecb/2023.12.sa1.250

Abstract

The Neurological Examination is a clinical tests, to assess the sensory and motor response especially reflexes to evaluate the impairment of nervous system. It is divided into five components that is cerebral function, cranial nerves, motor system, sensory system and reflexes. It is a tool to recognize neurologic involvement in certain diseases. Nurses plays vital role in early detection of an abnormality and clinical manifestation to rule out the conditions. It reduces the prevalence of neurological disorders by reducing its duration. Methodology Non Experimental, descriptive research design with cross sectional survey approach was carried out to assess the skills of Neurological Examination of nursing students studying in III year BSc (N). Atotal of 60 samples were selected by using non probability, purposive sampling technique after administrative permission and informed consent from the students. Content validity was done from seven experts. Content Validity Ratio Value was 1 indicates the higher agreement of experts. The data was collected by using observational checklist reliability was computed, kappa formula was used and the r value was 0.72 shows that tool was reliable. Results The majority of nursing students (56%) of nursing students had very poor skill, 34% had poor skill and 10% had average skill on neurological examination .There was significant association between pre-test level of skill with selected demographic variables. Conclusion The findings show that nurses needs lots of training on neurological examination. Clinical instructions is required more to gain skills than spending lot of time in theory

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