International Journal in Management & Social Science
Year : 2016, Volume : 4, Issue : 5
First page : ( 249) Last page : ( 253)
Online ISSN : 2321-1784.

A quasi-experimental study to assess the effectiveness of structured teaching programme on knowledge level among student nurses regarding needle stick injury in selected college of nursing in Jalandhar, Punjab.

 Girish

Amity College of Nursing, Amity University, Haryana

Online published on 4 August, 2018.

Abstract

A quasi-experimental was undertaken to assess the effectiveness of structured programme on knowledge level regarding needle stick injury among nursing students in selected college of Jalandhar, Punjab. The objectives of the study were: to assess the pretest & posttest knowledge level of nursing students regarding needle stick injury, to assess the effectiveness of structured teaching programme on knowledge of student nurses regarding needle stick injury, to assess the relationship of knowledge with selected demographic variables. A sample of 60 nursing students of army college of nursing were selected by simple randomization technique. The knowledge of students was collected using structured knowledge questionnaire. Results in pretest showed that 29(48.33%) were having adequate knowledge, 25(38.34%) were having moderate knowledge & 6(13.33%) were having inadequate knowledge. A significant improvement in knowledge was found in post-test: 54(90%) were having adequate knowledge, 46(6.67%) were moderate knowledge & 2(3.33%) were having inadequate knowledge.

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Keywords

Knowledge of nursing students, needle stick injury, effectiveness of teaching programme.

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