Rubrics in Nursing Education

Evaluating assignments or course work is a challenging job for faculty of nursing. In order to avoid the dilemmas of evaluation, nurse educators use rubrics as an evaluation tool. In educational technology, rubric refers to „performance standard‟ for a student population. A rubric is defined as an assessment tool that lays out the set standards and criteria to assess a performance, assignment or behavior. The four essential components of a rubric are task description, scale of achievement, dimensions & description of dimensions. Various types of scoring rubrics are available. The type of rubric chosen for assessment depends on the task being evaluated and the needs of the assessor. Holistic rubrics, analytic rubrics, generic rubrics, specific rubrics are the different types of rubrics. In nursing education, rubrics has got wide range of applications such as to; assess clinical skills, grade assignments, evaluate clinical competency and analyze presentations. Rubrics helps to define "quality performance” and promote awareness on critical components in a performance. Rubrics not only act as an evaluation tool for instructors, but also act as a feedback proforma for students. Rubrics are vital tools that can be utilized to solve the problem of subjectivity in evaluation. Rubrics provide consistency in evaluation, reduces subjectivity and enhances objectivity

Integration of Evidence-Based Practice in Nursing Education

Evidence based practice (EBP) has gained momentum globally, to provide effective and efficient health care. Although EBP has evolved to a great extent over the last two decades and is accepted as an important concept by all health care professionals, its integration in practice is still challenging. Integration of EBP in nursing profession both in nursing practice and nursing education is an important issue. This article describes the experience of the authors in integrating evidence based practice in nursing education in Manipal University. It focuses on the training of nurse educators in EBP, alignment of EBP in curriculum and EBP practicum in curriculum so as to enable a nurse to identify evidences, make appropriate clinical decisions and utilize EBP in rendering scientific and quality patient care

Resources for Evidence-Based Health Care: Accessibility and Availability

Evidence – Based Practice (EBP) is a problem solving approach to clinical care that incorporates the conscientious use of current best evidence from well-designed studies, clinician’s expertise, and patient values and preferences (Melnyk & Fineout-Overholt, 2005; Sackett, Straus, Richardson, Rosenberg, &Haynes, 2000). It is important to see clinical expertise as the ability to integrate research evidence and patients' circumstances and preferences to help patients arrive at optimal decisions (Guyatt, Cook,& Haynes, 2004). Research has shown that patient outcomes are 28% better when clinical care is based upon evidence, versus clinical practice steeped in tradition (Heater, Becker, & Olsen, 1998). The process of EBP minimizes the translation time needed for incorporating research findings into practice and clarifies the differences between ritualistic practice, habitual approaches, personal preferences, anecdotal experiences, empirical data, and statistical significance to support nursing practice (Alspach, 2006). The availability of evidence based practice tools and methods helps in faster identification of the best available evidence to provide care at the point it matters most. Implementing EBP in health care is complex and challenging. One of the main components of EBP is retrieving evidence from different sources. Information explosion with thousands of health literature and research papers published every year has created a need to expand the knowledge base for providing evidence based health care worldwide. Retrieval of evidence from various sources may be difficult due to several reasons. It may be difficult for health professionals to find the best available evidence due to time constraints (Ervin, 2002) or lack of knowledge among health professionals to effectively search for evidence (Sitzia, 2002). It is even difficult to find authentic sources of evidence

Citations of DESIDOC Journal of Library and Information Technology: Statistical Analysis of Google Scholar Based Research Impact for the Period of 2006 to 2015

Google Scholar (GS) is the only available global database for the citation analysis of Indian LIS journals. The present study is an attempt to highlight the citation output of research articles in DESIDOC Journal of Library and Information Technology (DJLIT) published during the period 2006–2015. This study is based on Google Scholar data. Descriptive and inferential statistical techniques were applied in the study. 406 articles were published during 2006–2015, which were cited 4122 times in Google Scholar. Based on Google Scholar, this study proves that the citation output of articles published in the DJLIT differs significantly with their publication year. The level of citation is not constant throughout the study period. There is also a weak negative correlation between citations of articles and its publication year. Although, GS covers wide spectrum of scholarly literature worldwide, this study found that DJLIT journal article’s visibility is decreasing in GS database

Risk Assessment of LNG Storages using LOPA and FTA: An Integrated Approach

PresentationLiquefied Natural Gas (LNG), an economically attractive and environmental friendly fuel is the current energy alternative across the globe. Its market potential and high demand is felt currently in the Indian subcontinent as well. Government and private players are seriously getting into this energy option and establishing many LNG facilities on the west and east coast of India. While establishing in this new energy sector it is vital to identify and analyse the safety hazards likely to affect public and environment. LNG being a flammable chemical, loss of its containment manifests to consequences in terms of fire, explosion and other impacts. There are several methods currently available to carry out the risk analysis of such projects. LOPA is a quick and simple technique applied to determine the risk by estimate consequence frequencies. But application of LOPA becomes constrained when failures are compound and safety systems are integrated. Fault Tree Analysis (FTA) was integrated into LOPA to eliminate this draw back. FTA was used to find out the probability of failure on demand (PFD) of integrated protection layers. This FTA-LOPA integrated approach was used as an effective tool in this work to study hazard potentials and estimate the consequences due to such hazards. Based on the technical specifications provided and description of the work, the LOC scenarios are identified in the facility from the HAZOP study

Authorship Pattern and Citation Level of i10 Cited Research Papers of DESIDOC Journal of Library and Information Technology in Google Scholar

Google Scholar (GS), a freely accessible database of scholarly papers along with its citations data, has an extensive coverage of Library and Information Science (LIS) literature. It is the only available global database for the citation analysis of Indian LIS journals. The present study is an attempt to highlight the authorship pattern and citation level of i10 cited research articles in DESIDOC Journal of Library and Information Technology (DJLIT) based on Google Scholar data. Descriptive and inferential statistical techniques were applied in the study. One hundred and eighty articles published between 1995–2016 were cited 10 or more times (i10 index) in Google Scholar. Based on Google Scholar, this study has established that citations of i10 cited papers are equally distributed in its different authorship patterns; there is no association between authorship pattern and level of citations. Further the study shows that there is an association between period of publication and level of citations

Quantitative assessment and Consequence modeling of deliberately induced Domino effects in Process facilities

PresentationProcess facilities handling hazardous chemicals at elevated temperature and pressure conditions are attractive targets to external attacks. The possibility of an external attack on a critical installation with an intention of triggering escalation of primary events into secondary and tertiary events, thereby increasing the severity of consequences needs to be effectively analyzed. A prominent Petrochemical Industry located in Kerala, India was identified for induced domino effect analysis. In this study, Bayesian network is used to model the development of a domino sequence and to quantitatively determine the occurrence probabilities of domino effect. Moreover, the updating feature of Bayesian networks is used to update probabilities in the light of new evidences. Phast Process hazard analysis software and ALOHA (Areal Locations of Hazardous Atmospheres) software is used for consequence modeling of the security event to obtain the impact zones. Recommendations to manage and reduce the domino effect attractiveness by incorporating inherently safer design concepts and use of appropriate active and passive mitigating barriers are also discussed

Citations of the Top 100 Most-cited Papers of the Journal Scientometrics in Web of Science and its Association and Correlation with Scopus and Google Scholar Citations

This study is conducted to analyse the citations of the top 100 most-cited papers of the journal Scientometrics in Web of Science (WoS) and its association and correlation with corresponding citations in Scopus and Google Scholar (GS). Chi-square and Spearman’s rank rho are used to ascertain the association and correlation among these citations in different platforms. GS citations for the papers are comparatively higher than the citations in the other two databases. Scopus citations are slightly higher than WoS citations. The study found that there is significant association among level of citations of top 100 cited papers of the journal Scientometrics in WoS and its corresponding level of citations in Scopus and Google Scholar and also high positive correlation among citations in the three databases

Citations of the Top 100 Most-cited Papers of the Journal Scientometrics in Web of Science and its Association and Correlation with Scopus and Google Scholar Citations

This study is conducted to analyse the citations of the top 100 most-cited papers of the journal Scientometrics in Web of Science (WoS) and its association and correlation with corresponding citations in Scopus and Google Scholar (GS). Chi-square and Spearman’s rank rho are used to ascertain the association and correlation among these citations in different platforms. GS citations for the papers are comparatively higher than the citations in the other two databases. Scopus citations are slightly higher than WoS citations. The study found that there is significant association among level of citations of top 100 cited papers of the journal Scientometrics in WoS and its corresponding level of citations in Scopus and Google Scholar and also high positive correlation among citations in the three databases

Comparative Analysis of Citation Based Scientometric Indicators of DESIDOC Journal of Library & Information Technology (DJLIT) and Annals of Library and Information Studies (ALIS) Journals Using SCImago Journal Rank for the Period 2016-2020

In the academic world, journal rankings have broadly used to evaluate the impact and quality of scholarly journals. The study\u27s key objective is to comparatively analyze the citation-based scientometric indicators of DESIDOC Journal of Library & Information Technology (DJLIT) and Annals of Library and Information Studies (ALIS) journals using SCImago Journal Rank from 2016 to 2020. The data was collected from SCImago Journal Rank website. This article discusses the year wise SJR with quartile, citation per document 4years/3years/2years wise, self cites and total cites, external cites and cites per document, percentage of international collaboration, citable and non-citable documents, cited and uncited documents. The SJR value for the last five years results illustrates that the highest SJR for ALIS and DJLIT journals is 2.98 and 0.514, respectively, in the year 2020. The highest 23 self-citations and 250 total citations received for ALIS; however, the DJLIT journal is 106 and 637 for the last five years. The total international collaborations for the ALIS and DJLIT journals are 16.65 and 19.4, respectively