• Nongmeikapam Memichand

Background: Medication plays a vital role in health care, and it is an important therapeutic tool in the hands of health care professionals. Self-medication is defined as the use of drugs to treat self-diagnosed disorder or symptoms, or the intermittent or continued use of a prescribed drugs for chronic or recurrent disease or symptoms. Self-medication is not only prevalent in the general population but is also common among health care providers. Because they exposed to the knowledge of drugs, the pattern and incidence may however be different as compared to general medication. Objective: The purpose of the study is to assess the practices of self-medication among 100 nursing students. Materials and methods: A quantitative research approach, a non-experimental descriptive design was conducted to assess the practices of self-medication among 100 nursing students In Selected Institution, Bengaluru. Demographic proforma and non-observational checklist were used to collect data among 100 Nursing Students. Result: The result revealed that Out of 100 nursing student assessment, about 14(14%) of the nursing students have adequate practices, 75(75%) of the nursing student have moderate practices, 11(11%) nursing student have poor practices. The association finding of the study shows that demographic variables such as level of course, source of information for self-medication, drugs used for self- medication, indication for self- medication. shows statistically significant association among Nursing students regarding self-medication at p<0.05 Conclusion: Based on the findings the researcher concluded revealed that 75 (75%) of nursing students have moderate practice, 14 (14%) of nursing students have adequate practice, and 11 (11%) have poor practice

Practice, self-medication, nursing students

"Assessed the practice of self-medication among nursing students in selected nursing Institutions, Bengaluru", International Journal of Emerging Technologies and Innovative Research (www.jetir.org), ISSN:2349-5162, Vol.12, Issue 7, page no.f57-f62, July-2025, Available :http://www.jetir.org/papers/JETIR2507506.pdf

"Assessed the practice of self-medication among nursing students in selected nursing Institutions, Bengaluru", International Journal of Emerging Technologies and Innovative Research (www.jetir.org | UGC and issn Approved), ISSN:2349-5162, Vol.12, Issue 7, page no. ppf57-f62, July-2025, Available at : http://www.jetir.org/papers/JETIR2507506.pdf