Effectiveness of structured teaching program on knowledge regarding emergency management of head injury among the staff nurses

Abstract

The current study aimed to evaluate the effectiveness of structured teaching program on knowledge regarding emergency management of head injury among the staff nurses. To assess and compare knowledge regarding the emergency management of head injury among Staff Nurses before and after the Structured Teaching Program. To determine the association between the level of knowledge with selected sample characteristics. The research design used for the Present study was Pre Experimental One Group Pre-Test Post-Test Research Design conducted among 50 staff nurses which were selected using non probability purposive sampling technique. The data were collected by using Sample Characteristics Performa and self-structured knowledge questionnaire. The finding of the study revealed that the mean score of post-test knowledge (23.62) was significantly higher than the mean score of the pre-test knowledge (16.68). The pre-test knowledge of the staff nurse were having significant association with the age (χ2=15.29), and working experience (χ2=26.66). Therefore, it was concluded that the structured teaching programme improved the knowledge regarding emergency management of head injury among the staff nurses.