Resolving elliptic boundary value problem and integral equation in relational partial metric space.

In the present study, a novel version of the contraction theory on a relational partial metric space associated with a binary relation is exhibited. In this process, we observe that numerous relations can be used in many well-known fixed point theorems earlier introduced by multiple authors. We solve an elliptic boundary value problem and an integral equation to make the significance of the main conclusion evident.

A descriptive survey on knowledge gap related to retinopathy of prematurity and its prevention and management among nurses in a tertiary care hospital.

Purpose: Retinopathy of prematurity (ROP) is a leading cause of severe visual impairment of childhood affecting preterm babies. The disease is sensitive to the quality of neonatal nursing care provided to preterm neonates in any neonatal intensive care unit. (NICU).

Quality improvement initiative for reduction of false alarms from multiparameter monitors in neonatal intensive care unit.

Introduction: Unnecessary and excessive activation of alarms ("false alarm") in neonatal intensive care unit (NICU) often results in alarm fatigue among health-care professionals, which can potentially result in deleterious effects in sick neonates.

Aims And Objectives: The aim of this study is to reduce the frequency of false alarms from multiparameter monitors (MPM) by 50% from the existing baseline level over a period of 12 weeks.

Methods: In this quality improvement (QI) project conducted over 1 year (November 2016-October 2017) at All India Institute of Medical Sciences, New Delhi, we collected data on activation of false alarms from MPM (outcome measure) over a period of 2 months in 134 randomly selected observations of 1-h duration (baseline phase [10 days, 20 observations] and developing and testing the changes in five Plan-Do-study-Act (PDSA) cycles over the next 50 days, 114 observations.

Gains from Quality Improvement Initiatives - Experience from a Tertiary-care Institute in India.

Quality improvement (QI) in healthcare involves implementing small iterative changes by a team of people using a simple structured framework to resolve problems, improve systems, and to improve patient outcomes. These efforts are especially important in a resource-limited setting where infrastructure, staff and funds are meagre. The concept of QI often appears complex to a new careprovider who feels intimidated to participate in change activities.

Improving Duration of Kangaroo Mother Care in a Tertiary-care Neonatal Unit : A Quality Improvement Initiative.

Objective: To increase the duration of Kangaroo mother care (KMC) in preterm infants from an average of 3 hours/day to at least 6 hours/day over 7 weeks through a Quality improvement (QI) approach in a tertiary-care neonatal unit.

Methods: Preterm mother-infant dyads who were admitted in the Neonatal intensive care unit and KMC ward were enrolled in this study. A QI team comprising of nurses, nurse educators, resident physicians and nursing-in-charge of unit was formed.

A Quality Improvement Initiative: Improving Exclusive Breastfeeding Rates of Preterm Neonates.

This study is a single center quality improvement (QI) initiative in a tertiary care neonatal intensive care unit which was done with an objective to increase the proportion of neonates receiving mother's own milk (at postnatal age of 7 d) from the current rate of 12.5% to 30% over a period of six weeks. Additional objectives were to evaluate the proportion of mothers' expressing breast milk within 3 h of birth, on day one and three and the amount of expressed breast milk (EBM) on day one and day seven.

Reactive donor notification: First error reported.

Donor notification and post-donation counseling is an essential role of blood bank. If a donor is reactive for any marker, the blood bank counselor, informs the donor and advices him/her to report to the blood bank for further counseling and management. The counselor at our blood bank informed a young female voluntary donor to be reactive for HIV both with ELISA as well as NAT.

Apps for management of sick newborn: evaluation of impact on health care professionals.

The objective of the study was to evaluate the efficacy of interactive mobile device application 'Apps on sick newborn care' as a training tool, in improving the knowledge and skill scores of postgraduate nursing students (N = 27). A training workshop was conducted in small workstations by the facilitators using the modules on android device and preloaded videos in which the procedure was systematically demonstrated. A mixed-methods approach consisting of pre-post tests, Likert's scale and focus group discussion were used to assess the knowledge, skills and perception of the participants.

Comparing the Effectiveness of Webinars and Participatory learning on essential newborn care (ENBC) in the class room in terms of acquisition of knowledge and skills of student nurses: a randomized controlled trial.

A randomized controlled trial was conducted in tertiary level center to compare the effectiveness of Webinars (WL) vs. Participatory learning (PL) on Essential Newborn Care (ENBC) in terms of acquisition of knowledge and skills of pre-service 6th semester student nurses. They were randomized to receive teaching on four topics of ENBC by two facilitators.