Editor

Dr. Athira Rani M RAssistant Professor
Govt. College of Nursing, Thiruvananthapuram Kerala-695011
E mail : editor@gcnt.org

Nursing Research Society of India fellowship grant received in 2021
Winner Kerala Region 2017 - Global Research Nurses Associations’ writing competition “I am a nurse, this is how opportunities to research will help me resilient".
Winner Global Research Nurse Competition, UK, 2013-2014.
VIFA outstanding faculty award -2016
First person in Nursing Education, deputed for training in MPhil Clinical Epidemiology 2009.

More than 20 years of academic & administrative experience in Government Colleges of Kerala under DME.
Editor, Journal of Nursing Updates Published by Govt College pf Nursing, Thiruvananthapuram. Board of Studies (PG) member of KUHS from July 2021 onwards.
PhD Guide Kerala University of Health Sciences 2018 onwards
PhD Guide, INC consortium
Consultant Faculty, School of -M.Phil Clinical Epidemiology U.O.No : 85/2021/KUHS Date : 13-05-2021
Institutional Review Board member, Government Medical College, Thiruvananthapuram 2012 onwards.
Research Committee member, Govt. College of Nursing, Thiruvananthapuram2012-2017.
Scientific committee Member, International Journal of Nursing Care (ISSN-2320-8643 print, 2320-8651 electronic)
Scientific committee Member, International Journal of Contemporary Microbiology ((ISSN-2394-9473 print, 2395-1796 electronic)
Editorial Board Member. Indian Journal of Communicable diseases.
Editorial Board Member. “Health science ‘an official journal of Kerala University of Health sciences.

First author –Text book on Heath Nursing Informatics, Professionalism, Bioethics and Forensic Nursing - Four in One Text Book based on INC Revised Syllabus 2021. EMMESS Medical Publishers.2022. IBSN: 978-93-93885-13-5
Contributed three chapter in “Essentials of Nursing Research. Appraising Evide-5nce for Nursing Practice. First South Asian Edition. Wolters Kluwer.2022, ISBN: 978-93-90612-92
Contributed a chapter in Research Methodology Manual for Beginners. Published by Indian Association of Paediatrics. Published on 08.06.2021, ISBN:978-81-95497-1-6
Contributor - Manual for Capacity Building Programme – Health professionals (KUHS, NHM, IAP, KFOG initiative) 2019.

More than 36 publications in international & national journals in credit.

Multicentric study by Griffith university, Waestern Sydney, “OMGPIVC (One Million Global Cathers PIVC Wordwide Prevalence Study” June 2015.
State Board of Medical Research project
1) Prevalence of Glycemic control among patients with Type 2 Diabetes mellitus (Completed in 2013)

2) Effect of glycemic control in sputum conversion among patients with PTB receiving category I DOTS therapy in the DMCs of Thiruvannathapuram district (Completed in 2017)
Kerala state Science and Technology (Student projects)
1) Appraisal of Emergency Ambulance Service in Kerala

2) Prevalence of Filariasis in corporation areas of Thiruvananthapuram.

3) Prevalence of Malnutrition among Primary school children in Kerala.

4) Health seeking behaviour of Type 2 Diabetes mellitus patients residing in Pangappara Primary health centre