Ventilator Associated Pneumonia

“A study to determine the effectiveness of structured teaching programme regarding prevention of ventilator associated pneumonia on staff nurses‟ knowledge, practices and reduction in incidence of ventilator associated pneumonia in selected hospitals of Mysore”.
BY
Miss.Emilymaria George Poulose
Dissertation Submitted to the

Rajiv Gandhi University of health Sciences, Karnataka, Bangalore .
In partial fulfilment of the requirement for the degree of
MASTER OF SCIENCE IN NURSING
In
Medical Surgical Nursing
Under the guidance of
Mrs Mamatha .G
Assistant Professor
Dept. of Medical Surgical Nursing
JSS College of Nursing
I st Main, Saraswathipuram
Mysore.

YEAR
2010-2012

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RAJIV GANDHI UNIVERSITY OF HEALTH SCIENCES,
KARNATAKA, BANGALORE.

DECLARATION BY THE CANDIDATE

I hereby declare that this dissertation /thesis entitled “A study to determine the effectiveness of structured teaching programme regarding prevention of ventilator associated pneumonia on staff nurses‟ knowledge, practices and reduction in incidence of ventilator associated pneumonia in selected hospitals of
Mysore”is a bonafide and genuine research work carried out by me under the guidance of Mrs Mamatha .G, Asst. Professor, Dept. of Medical Surgical Nursing,
JSS College of Nursing, Mysore.

Date:

Signature of the Candidate

Place:
Miss Emilymaria George Poulose

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CERTIFICATE BY THE GUIDE

This is to certify that the dissertation entitled “A study to determine the effectiveness of structured teaching programme regarding prevention of ventilator associated pneumonia on staff nurses‟ knowledge, practices and reduction in incidence of ventilator associated pneumonia in selected hospitals of
Mysore” is a bonafide research work done by Miss Emilymaria George Poulose in partial fulfilment of the requirement for the degree of M.Sc. Nursing in Medical
Surgical Nursing.

Date:

Signature of the guide

Place: Mysore
Mrs Mamatha.
Asst.