International Journal of Nursing Care
Year : 2019, Volume : 7, Issue : 1
First page : ( 17) Last page : ( 20)
Print ISSN : 2320-8643. Online ISSN : 2320-8651.
Article DOI : 10.5958/2320-8651.2019.00003.6

A quasi experimental study to assess the effectiveness of structured teaching program on biomedical waste management in terms of knowledge among b. Sc. nursing 1^st year students of ved nursing college, Baroli, Panipat

Sethi Gurleen Kaur

Senior Nursing Tutor, Ved Nursing College, Baroli, Panipat, Haryana

Online published on 21 January, 2019.

Abstract

Medical as well as paramedical students are going to be one of the important components of health care system, they should have proper and sufficient knowledge on biomedical waste management. This study was conducted, to assess the effectiveness of structured teaching program on biomedical waste management in terms of knowledge among B. Sc. Nursing 1^st year students. A quasi experimental research design was used for the study. A total of 49 B. Sc. Nursing 1^st year students of Ved Nursing College, Baroli, Panipat were selected. The instrument use for the data collection was self-structured knowledge questionnaire. Descriptive and preferential statistics were used to analysis the data. The study findings reveals that majority of the samples 53.07% in the pre-test had adequate level of knowledge, whereas majority of sample 95.92% in post-test had adequate level of knowledge. The mean pre-test knowledge scores of the B. Sc. nursing 1^st year students regarding biomedical waste management was 997, which increase in post-test to 1151 for knowledge scores. From the above findings, it can be concluded that structured teaching program was effective in improving knowledge of B. Sc. Nursing 1^st Year students regarding biomedical waste management.

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Keywords

Effectiveness, structured teaching program, biomedical waste management.

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