Rate My Professor Jaya John Varghese

Professor Jaya John Varghese is a distinguished nursing educator serving as Professor and Head of the Department of Child Health Nursing at Sadhu Vaswani College of Nursing, Pune, an institution affiliated with Maharashtra University of Health Sciences, Nashik. She obtained her M.Sc. in Nursing specializing in Child Health Nursing from Bharati Vidyapeeth, Pune, in 2006. With more than 35 years of comprehensive experience in nursing education and clinical practice, she joined Sadhu Vaswani College of Nursing on September 22, 2012, where she has been instrumental in shaping the curriculum and training in pediatric nursing.

Her research specializations encompass pediatric health issues, including protein-energy malnutrition, behavioral problems among under-five children, and innovative pedagogical approaches such as case-based learning for nursing students. Key publications include 'Effectiveness of Planned Health Teaching on Awareness Regarding Life Style Modification in terms of Hypertension among Hypertensive Patients' (2015, International Journal of Nursing Education and Research), 'Introduction of case based learning (CBL) method on protein energy malnutrition among third year basic B.Sc nursing students' (2017, Nursing Care Open Access Journal), 'A Study to Assess the Knowledge among Mothers of under-Five Children Regarding Selected Behavioural Problems in Urban Community' (2019), and 'Implementation of the Case-Based Learning (CBL) Method on Protein Energy Malnutrition Among Third-Year Basic B.Sc. Nursing Students' (2021). Professor Varghese has contributed as a peer reviewer for the Asian Journal of Food Research and Nutrition and received the 2nd Prize in Nursing Education Ethics Evidence & Empowerment. She has delivered sessions as a resource person for workshops on research methodology and nursing education. Presently, she is a full-time Ph.D. scholar at Dr. D. Y. Patil Vidyapeeth, Pune, enrolled on October 29, 2020, investigating the effect of token economy therapy in reducing aggressive behaviors among orphanage children.