A Study to Assess the Effectiveness of Structured Teaching Programme on Knowledge Regarding Utilization of Crash Cart Trolley among III-B.Sc. Nursing Students at Selected College Villupuram

Abstract

Aim: To assess the effectiveness of structured teaching programme on knowledge regarding utilization of crash cart trolley among III -B.Sc Nursing students at selected college, Villupuram Objectives: To assess the knowledge on utilization of crash cart trolley among III-year, B.Sc [N] students. To evaluate the effectiveness of structured teaching programme on knowledge regarding utilization of crash cart trolley among III year, B.Sc [N] students. To find the association between the post-test knowledge regarding utilization of crash cart trolley among III year, B.Sc [N] students with their selected socio-demographic variables. Methodology: A Pre experimental design with pre-test and post-test without control group was undertaken from E.S College of nursing. The population of the study consists of B.Sc (N) III Year students at E.S. College of nursing. Results: The structured questionnaire was used to computed the data. The statistics shows the following results. Level of knowledge in pre-test 80% of students having inadequate knowledge, 20% of students having moderate knowledge, 0% of students having adequate knowledge. Level of knowledge in post-test 0% of students having inadequate knowledge, 10% of students having moderate knowledge, 90% of students having adequate knowledge. There was significant with gender and source of information. There was no association between age, previous academic year percentage, previous exposure to crash cart trolley. Conclusion: The present study assessed the knowledge regarding crash cart trolley in pre-test. After providing structured teaching programme on utilization of crash cart trolley there is a significant improvement on knowledge of students regarding crash cart trolley. The study assessed the knowledge among students and they are gained in knowledge about crash cart trolley. The study concluded that the structured teaching programme was effective in improving in the knowledge regarding crash cart trolley. Keywords: Utilization of Crash Cart Trolley