The Sociodemographic Characteristics of Indian Nursing Students and Their Intentions to Migrate Overseas for Work.

India being the second largest nurse exporter to the Organisation for Economic Cooperation and Development (OECD) countries, currently faces a shortage of 2.4 million nurses. The problem of nurse shortage has been aggravated by the COVID pandemic.

Linking nursing education to practice in India.

Governed by central and state nursing Acts that are dated and disconnected, and numbers below global norms, nursing education and practice function within caste- and gender-based prejudices in India. Nursing education is fragmented and siloed, and nursing practice is delinked from education. The study strategically relooks at the Acts and highlights pathways that can strengthen, sustain, or weaken nursing education and practice, and suggests how nursing education can be linked to practice.

Effectiveness of prehemodialysis preparatory program on improving coping among chronic kidney disease patients.

Diagnosis of chronic kidney disease (CKD) and initiation of dialysis treatment is reported to be stressful for patients. It is essential that patients use effective coping strategies to deal with these stressors, since ineffective coping could have several adverse effects on various treatment-related as well as personal aspects of life, thereby lowering the quality of life in these patients. The study used a quasi-experimental design.