Coping Ability of Medical and Nursing Students: A Cause of Concern

Background: Medical students today are subject to a variety of stress; academic, social, emotional or stress in the form of affliction of health during their stay at medical school. The physiological response to these depends on various factors including their inherent coping abilities. This study was designed to examine the coping ability of medical and nursing students at the time of admission to medical school. Materials and Methods: 42 medical and 34 nursing students volunteered for the study. They were administered the BAI questionnaire and classified as good and poor adjusters based on their score. Results: The study revealed an unsatisfactory overall coping ability to be prevalent among medical and nursing students. Conclusion: This study showed that there is a need for orientation and counselling of medical and nursing students at the start of college

Purinergic signalling and immune cells

This review article provides a historical perspective on the role of purinergic signalling in the regulation of various subsets of immune cells from early discoveries to current understanding. It is now recognised that adenosine 5'-triphosphate (ATP) and other nucleotides are released from cells following stress or injury. They can act on virtually all subsets of immune cells through a spectrum of P2X ligand-gated ion channels and G protein-coupled P2Y receptors. Furthermore, ATP is rapidly degraded into adenosine by ectonucleotidases such as CD39 and CD73, and adenosine exerts additional regulatory effects through its own receptors. The resulting effect ranges from stimulation to tolerance depending on the amount and time courses of nucleotides released, and the balance between ATP and adenosine. This review identifies the various receptors involved in the different subsets of immune cells and their effects on the function of these cells

Comparative study of intergranular corrosion behaviour of three high manganese austenitic stainless steels

The intergranular corrosion behaviour of three commercially available austenitic stainless steels of high Mn content have been investigated using the oxalic acid etch test and the double loop electrochemical potentiokinetic reactivation technique. Time-temperature-sensitisation diagrams indicate that replacement of Ni by Mn promotes a significant resistance to intergranular corrosion along with the presence of nitrogen in the alloy. (C) 1996 The Institute of Materials

REQUISITION FORMS AND REPORTS-'GARBAGE IN GARBAGE OUT' – SIGNIFICANCE OF CLINICAL DATA IN MICROBIAL CULTURE & ANTIBIOTIC SUSCEPTIBILITY TESTING OF SURGICAL SAMPLES

OBJECTIVES: The pre-analytical phase of laboratory testing is an important component of testing process. Laboratory requisition forms(LRF) for microbial culture and antibiotic susceptibility testing for pus, exudate, aspirate, tissue and swabs were analysed in our study following a noncompliance identied during a National Accreditation Board for Testing and Calibration Laboratories(NABL) Surveillance Audit. METHODS: LRFs were analyzed between June-August 2019 for various components in this prospective study. RESULTS: Of the 424 LRFs, 35 % were from outpatients and 65% from in-patients. 100% of the forms had patient identiers of patient name, age, unique hospital identication number. 97.6 % of the LRFs had sample type mentioned. 95.5 % did not mention who collected the sample. 95.7 % did not mention the time of collection. 79.2 % had clinical ndings mentioned but 22.4 % did not mention the site of infection. Only 8 % had history of antibiotics mentioned and 1.4 % had previous culture reports mentioned. 5.6% had no name of the requesting physician mentioned and 3.5 % were illegible abbreviations. 6.1% did not have signature of the requesting doctors, 0.4 % had illegible signatures. 4.2 % had no date on LRFs. CONCLUSION: Our root cause analysis helped us in identifying the factors for incomplete LRFs based on which we recommend proper categorization of samples with test codes on requisition forms, use of information &amp; technology to integrate electronic data entry to reduce transcription errors, periodic training of doctors on pre-analytical phase of testing, stringent sample rejection and acceptance criteria and regular audits of LRFs.</jats:p

Coping Ability of Medical and Nursing Students: A Cause of Concern

Background: Medical students today are subject to a variety of stress; academic, social, emotional or stress in the form of affliction of health during their stay at medical school. The physiological response to these depends on various factors including their inherent coping abilities. This study was designed to examine the coping ability of medical and nursing students at the time of admission to medical school. Materials and Methods: 42 medical and 34 nursing students volunteered for the study. They were administered the BAI questionnaire and classified as good and poor adjusters based on their score. Results: The study revealed an unsatisfactory overall coping ability to be prevalent among medical and nursing students. Conclusion: This study showed that there is a need for orientation and counselling of medical and nursing students at the start of college