Mercy Joseph

Mercy Joseph currently serves as Lecturer in the Department of Child Health Nursing, Amrita College of Nursing, Health Sciences Campus, Kochi. She joined Amrita College of Nursing in 2017.

Award Recieved: Best Dissertation Award (Gold Medal)

• “ Effectiveness of parent care guide on knowledge and practice of mothers regarding the feeding problems of children undergone correction of oral facial cleft”

Areas of Interest in Teaching

• Child Health Nursing
• Nursing Research
• Foundations of nursing

Areas of Interest in Research

• Congenital anomalies in children and its management
• Issues of school going children
• Cardiovascular interventions

Educational Qualification

Professional Experience

Responsibilities Undertaken

Administrative

• Involve in various departmental activities and ensures the implementation of the same in discussion with other faculty members of the department

Academic

• Conducts teaching session for both undergraduate and post graduate programmes •Guide undergraduate theses
• Clinical supervision of undergraduate students
• Collaborate with departments within the institution for the implementation of teaching learning and evaluation process

Licenses and Registrations

•  Kerala Nurses And Midwives Council
• Trained Nurses Association Of India, New Delhi

Academic Thesis

Dissertation Title :

• “Effectiveness of parent care guide on knowledge and practice of mothers regarding the feeding problems of children undergone correction of oral facial cleft”
• A study to assess the knowledge regarding prevention of home accidents among underfive mothers at selected rural community, Meladoor.

Research Participated in

• A study to assess the knowledge regarding breast feeding among mothers at hospital , Thrissur

Poster Presented

• Genetic disorder linked to Obesity ( Prader willi syndrome ) at the International conference on Obesity: A Multifaceted approach conducted by Amrita College of Nursing ,Kochi , on 1st and 2nd Dec ,2017.

Conference Attended / Conducted