PROTYPE MODEL FOR NURSING COLLEGE LIBRARIES CONSORTIUM IN ANDHRA PRADESH

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This portal is designed as part of the thesis work on the research topic “AWARENESS &

USE OF ONLINE INFORMATION RESOURCES BY STUDENTS OF POST

GRADUATE NURSING IN ANDHRA PRADESH – AN ANALYTICAL STUDY” being

carried out by J. Selva Sekaran, under the research supervision of Dr. G. Saroja, Assistant

Professor, Department of Library and Information Science, Dr. B.R. Ambedkar Open

University, Hyderabad.

The Information needs of nursing students in the 21st century are more likely to be different

than those in the past due to the changes taking place in the technology, educational practices,

methods of instruction etc. Three different phases can be observed in the postgraduate

nursing students’ use of information resources - pre-computer (1970s, 1980s and early

1990s); early online ( early to mid 1990s) and internet(late 1990s to the present). During the

pre computer phase, nursing students information use was almost exclusively library based,

and dependent on print resources accessed through card catalogues and bibliographic indexes.

During the early online phase the student’s encountered with computerized library system

such as online public information catalogue (OPAC) and bibliographic database on CD-

ROM. The early online system and database were still mainly ‘finding tools’ rather than

‘content provider’ and students relied mainly on resources with their own library. During the

internet phase (late 1990s onwards) the students have drawn on an increasing range of online

tools and resources, of multiple types. Present day student community have access to sea of

information through the world wide web and have a number of tools like – search engines,

webopacs, directories, Web 2.0 tools to obtain the required information beyond a physical

library.

In this context, present study explores the awareness and use of online nursing resources by

the Post Graduate students of Nursing Colleges in Andhra Pradesh.

CREDITS

I place on record, my sincere thanks to Dr.BRAOU Vice-Chancellor Dr.P.Prakash and

Registrar Dr.C.Venkataiah for giving me an opportunity to conduct my research and

providing administrative support for the completion of my research.

I wish to express my deep sense of gratitude and sincere thanks to my research

supervisor Dr. G. Saroja. Asst. Professor, Department of Library and Information

Science, Dr. B.R. Ambedkar Open University. Her timely advice, scholarly guidance

and constructive suggestions have enabled me to bring this study to fruition.

I am thankful to Dr. V. Charashekara Rao, Professor & Head of Department of Library

and Information Science, Dr. B.R. Ambedkar Open University for his valuable

suggestions and help during the course of this study.

I am thankful to AHERF (Apollo Hospital Educational & Research Foundation) for

constantly extending their support in the completion of my research work.

NURSING EDUCATION IN INDIA

Nursing, a profession that recalls the name of Florence Nightingale is indeed one of the

noblest professions in the world. It is the art of caring for sick people with the science of

health care.

Following are some of the milestones in the development of nursing education in India.

The first nursing school started in India in 250 B.C. during Charaka's time.

The first four year basic Bachelor Degree program was established in 1946 at

the college of nursing in Delhi and Vellore.

The Indian Nursing Council was constituted in 1949.

First master’s nursing degree course, a two-year postgraduate program was

begun in 1960 at the College of Nursing, Delhi.

The School of Nursing in Trivandrum, instituted the first two years post

certificate Bachelor Degree program.

The details of nursing courses offered at various levels in India are given in

the following table.

No.

Nursing

Eligibility Criteria

TrainingDuration

Examination Registration

Programs

1Auxiliary Nurse & Midwife

10 Pass 1 and 1/2  years Nursing

Examination Board

R.ANM

2General

Nursing & Midwifery

10+2 Class pass with aggregate of

40%

3 and 1/2 years

Nursing Examination

BoardR.N & R.M

3B. Sc

(Basic)

10+2 Class Pass with 45%

aggregate in PCBE 

4 years University R.N & R.M

4

B.Sc (Post Basic)

Regular

10+2 + GNM 2 years

Distance

10+2 GNM + 2year Exp.

3 years

UniversityAdditional

Qualification

5 M. Sc.

B.Sc. Nursing / B.Sc. Hons.

Nursing / Post Basic B.Sc.

Nursing with minimum of 55% aggregate marks.

one year of experience after

Basic B.Sc. or Post Basic B.Sc.

Nursing.

2 years University Additional

Qualification

6 M. Phil M. Sc.1 year (Full time)

2 years (part time)University

 AdditionalQualification

7 Ph D M. Sc./ M. Phil 3-5 years University Additional

Qualification

8

Post Basic

Specialty Diploma Courses

R.N & R.Mone year of clinical

experienceOne Year

Board or University

AdditionalQualifications

Source: http://www.indiannursingcouncil.org/types-nursing-programs.asp

STATE-WISE LIST OF NURSING COLLEGES IN INDIA

Following Table illustrates the Nursing Colleges in different States of India.

Table-1: State-wise distribution of Nursing Colleges in India

States

B.Sc Post Basic M.Sc

Students No.of

Colleges

Student

s

No.of College Students

Andhra Pradesh 204 10406 12 325 28 425

Assam 6 270 1 30 3 37

Chandigarh 1 60 1 40 1 20

Chattisgarh 30 195 7 155 8 33

Delhi 8 33 2 50 3 45

Goa 3 95 1 10 0 0

Gujarat 17 730 3 80 2 50

Haryana 17 840 10 300 1 23

Jammu & Kashmir 3 115 2 80 0 0

Jharkhand 3 130 1 30 0 0

Karnataka 310 16093 40 155 90 1515

Kerala 92 4785 9 265 19 376

Madhya Pradesh 78 3895 18 480 27 211

Maharastra 65 2910 17 283 13 228

Manipur 1 50 0 0 0 0

Meghalaya 1 50 0 0 0 0

Mizoram 2 63 0 0 0 0

Orissa 13 62 2 50 1 8

Pondicherry 8 530 5 150 3 62

Punjab 66 3120 41 1150 6 79

Rajasthan 76 3116 16 365 4 50

Sikkim 1 50 0 0 0 0

Tamilnadu 126 6595 24 700 41 892

Tripura 1 60 0 0 0 0

Uttar Pradesh 21 810 5 165 2 50

Uttaranchal 6 230 1 40 2 25

West Bengal 11 275 10 325 4 87

Total 1170 57628 228 5228 258 4316

Source:

LIST OF NURSING COLLEGES IN ANDHRA PRADESH

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LIST OF FEW NURSING COLLEGE LIBRARY WEIBSITES IN INDIA

1. Rajkumari Amrit Kaur College of Nursing

Website: http://rakcon.com/

2. National Institute of Nursing Education Chandigarh

Website: http://pgimer.nic.in/code/new%20department/National%20Institute%20of%20Nursing%20Education/introduction.html

3. Christian Medical College, Vellore

http://www.cmch-vellore.edu/

4. Apollo College of Nursing

http://www.acon.ac.in/library.html

5. Omayal Achi College of Nursing

1. Current newsPlease visit the following websites for current news/information on nursing

1. http://www.nurse.com/ 2. MDLinx Nursing: http://www.mdlinx.com/nursing/

3. Nursing Times: http://www.nursingtimes.net/

2. FORTHCOMING CONFERENCE/ SEMIINARS / WORKSHOPSPlease visit the following Website for information about nursing conferences worldwide.1. http://www.conferencealerts.com/nurse.htm

Reference sources useful to Nursing

Dictionaries :

1. Nurse Words – Dictionary of Nursing abbreviations & acronymshttp://www.nursewords.com/

2. Cambridge dictionaries online : http://dictionary.cambridge.org/

3. Dorland’s pocket medical dictionary download for windows mobile: http://handheld.softpedia.com/progDownload/Dorlands-Pocket-Medical-Dictionary-Download-67036.html

4. McGraw- Hill Nursing Dictionary: http://www.amazon.com/McGraw-Hill-Nursing-Dictionary-M-Armstrong/dp/0070450196 ( On Payment)

Encyclopedias:

1. http://www.enotes.com/nursing-encyclopedia

2. Public Health Enclylopedia: http://www.enotes.com/public-health-encyclopedia

3. Health Encyclopedia : http://www.medindia.net/patients/patientinfo/health-encyclopedia.asp

4. Your health encyclopedia : http://www.healthopedia.com/

5. Wikipedia : http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Main_Page

Thesraus :1. http://thesaurus.com2. MeSH (Medical Subject Headings) is the NLM controlled vocabulary thesaurus used for

indexing articles for PubMedhttp://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/mesh

Thesis : 1. http://omayaln.com/research.asp 2. http://www.acon.ac.in/research.html

ONLINE NURSING INFORMATION RESOURCES – SUBSCRIPTION- BASED

I. e- Books1. http://onlinerntobsn.org/2011/25-e-books-every-nurse-should-download/ 2. Ebooks.com – the digital book store:

http://www.ebooks.com/searchapp/searchresults.net?term=SubjectID:5273. Evolve E books from Elsevier:

http://evolve.elsevier.com/orientation/demonstrationstation.htmII. e – Journals

1. Nursing Journal of India2. Nursing Times (UK),3. Nursing Research (USA), 4. Indian Paediatrics 5. Nursing Outlook (USA).

e – Databases1. Cumulative Index of Nursing and Allied Health Literature (CINAHL)

http://www.ebscohost.com/cinahl/2. Manual of Medical and Surgical care 3. Inter nurse

ONLINE NURSING INFORMATION RESOURCES – OPEN ACCESS

e- Books1. Bhingkayz (website) http://bhingkayz.com/nursing-stuff/nursing-books/

e – Journals1. Online Journal of Nursing Informatics

http://www.ojni.org/

2. Online journal of issues in nursinghttp://www.nursingworld.org/MainMenuCategories/ANAMarketplace/ANAPeriodicals/OJIN.aspx

3. Nursing Research & Practicehttp://www.hindawi.com/journals/nrp/

4. The Internet Journal of Advanced Nursing Practicehttp://www.ispub.com/ostia/index.php?xmlFilePath=journals/ijanp/front.xml

e – Databases1. PubMed

http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed

2. Medline Plushttp://www.nlm.nih.gov/medlineplus/

3. BioMed Central: provides a collection of free, open access, mostly peer reviewed

research articles from over 100 biomedical, medicine, health, biology and

biotechnology related online journals. (Note: For a few journals, only the research

content is free.)

http://www.biomedcentral.com/

4. DIRLINE - Directory of [Health] Information Resources Online - National Library of

Medicine's online database containing location and descriptive information on over

8,000 information resources including organizations, research resources, projects,

and databases concerned with health and biomedicine.

http://dirline.nlm.nih.gov/

5. ClinicalTrials.gov - Originated in 2000; provides patients, family members, health

care professionals, and members of the public easy access to regularly updated

information on thousands of federally and privately supported clinical trials for a

wide range of diseases and conditions. The U.S. National Institutes of Health (NIH),

through its National Library of Medicine (NLM), has developed this site in

collaboration with all NIH Institutes and the Food and Drug Administration (FDA).

http://clinicaltrials.gov/

ONLINE TUTORIALS FOR EFFECTIVE RETRIEVAL OF NURSING INFORMATION

Users can learn how to use information, search and etc by visiting these sites and by following the tips provided. Tutorials are provided for effective use of the search engine -Google including Google books & Google Scholar. Links are provided to the Open Access Database PubMed Tutorial and Tutorial on the effective use of CINAL database which are widely used by the nursing community.

Tutorials are also provided for the effective use of Web 2.0 Tools like Nursing Blogs; wikis, RSS Feeds.

Google: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7nJ5sPhwQ2Q

Pubmed: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MKFDRJZ5Ch4

CINHAL : http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GQQtlf1NHtI

ASK LIBRARIAN

Search

Use can search from this portal

http://www.google.co.in/

Social network

Blogs: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Cm2_xQi12iA

Wiki: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qbhCmnjg3Ys

Masups: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pGfJ3eGMJ-w

Orkut

http://www.orkut.com/Main#Home

Face book

http://www.facebook.com/

How to download video from youtube: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tTeHdb3RIGM&feature=related