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Assess the Effectiveness of Structured Teaching Program Regarding Knowledge on Prevention of Needle Stick Injuries Among GNM First-Year Students at Selected Nursing College at Bareilly, Uttar Pradesh
By Anushka Sharma, Anshu Yadav, Chanchal Diwakar and 8 others.
Abstract
Background
Needle stick injuries (NSIs), or sharps injuries, are accidental skin punctures caused by contaminated needles or other sharp objects in medical settings.
Objectives
To assess the knowledge regarding the prevention of needle-stick injuries among GNM first-year students. To assess the effectiveness of a Structured Teaching Programme (STP) on knowledge regarding needle-stick injuries. To find out an association between pre-test scores on knowledge regarding the prevention of needle-stick injuries and their selected demographic variables.
Methods
A pre-experimental one-group pre-test/post-test design was used. A sample size of 40 was selected using a non-probability purposive sampling technique. Data were collected from samples in the Nursing Department of Jyoti College of Management Science and Technology, Bareilly, by means of a structured knowledge questionnaire. The reliability of the tool was r = 0.76, and analysis was done using descriptive and inferential statistics.