A study to assess the level of knowledge on Swatch Bharat among student nurses at Narayana College of Nursing, Nellore

Abstract

Background: The swatch Bharat Abhiyan was launched by Prime Minister Narendra Modi on 2ndOctober 2014 at Rajghat, New Delhi with an aim to make clean India, to provide sanitation facilities to every family. Including toilets, solid & liquid waste disposal systems, village cleanliness & safe and adequate drinking water supply by 2ndOctober 2019. Objective: To assess the level of knowledge on swatch Bharatamong student nurses, Narayana college of nursing, Nellore. Materials and Methods: Descriptive cross-sectional design and convenient sampling technique was used; sample size of the study was 30. Data was collected using structured questionnaire. Data analysis was done with SPSS. Results: Shows that with relation to the level of knowledge on swatch Bharat among student nurse, 5(16.7%) are had B+ grade, 12(40%) are had B grade, 8(26.6%) are had C grade, 5(16.7%) are had D grade. Conclusions: The findings of the study conclude that majority of the student nurses had B grade knowledge on Swatch Bharat. This results strongly suggest that there is an emerging need to educate student nurses regarding importance of Swatch Bharat. To identify the environmental problems in early stage.