Biography:
Raj Kumar Mehta studied B.Sc. (Hons.) Nursing at BPKIHS, Nepal and received his MSN (Critical Care) at AIIMS, New Delhi, India. He is a Professor & Head, Department of Critical Care Nursing, Member- Secretary, Institutional ethical research Committee (IERC), at Chitwan Medical College Teaching Hospital, Nepal. He has more than twenty years of nursing experience both as a practicing and teaching nursing to Undergraduate and post graduate students. His area of expertise is in critical care, scientific research methods, Nursing education and service, resource person for research and faculty development workshop, Editorial Board member/ reviewer of JCMC, NHRC, KUMJ, PUHS journal. He has Published more than two dozen articles in reputed indexed journals and participated in many national-international academic conferences. He is currently pursuing PhD in Nursing (PhD Scholar) at Lincoln University, Malaysia.
Title : Performance of Acute Physiology and Chronic Health Evaluation (APACHE II) severity scoring system on the outcome of critically ill patient in ICU