Effectiveness of Structured Teaching Program on Knowledge regarding Chemotherapy and Chemotherapy Administration Protocol among Final Year General Nursing and Midwifery Students at selected schools of Nursing Sciences Bengaluru

Abstract

A study to assess the effectiveness of structured teaching programme on knowledge regarding chemotherapy and chemotherapy administration protocol among final year general nursing and midwifery students at selected schools of nursing sciences Bengaluru. The objectives of the study were to: a) to assess the pre-test level of knowledge regarding chemotherapy and chemotherapy administration protocol among general nursing and midwifery students..b) to assess the post-test level of knowledge regarding chemotherapy and chemotherapy administration protocol among final year general nursing and midwifery students c) to determine the effectiveness of structured teaching program regarding chemotherapy and chemotherapy administration protocol d) to determine the association between pre-test level of knowledge with selected socio – demographic variables. an evaluative approach was used with one group pretestposttest only design. non-probability convenient sampling technique was used. sample size was 50. the investigator assessed final year general nursing and midwifery student’s knowledge using structured knowledge questionnaire regarding chemotherapy and chemotherapy administration protocol. after conducting the pre-test, structured teaching programme was introduced to the final year general nursing and midwifery students. post-test was conducted on seventh day using the same research tool. It is found that the calculated t value is greater than table value. There is significant difference between pre-test and post-test scores of knowledge of final year general nursing and midwifery students. There is significant association between the pre-test knowledge scores and demographic variable source of information and there is no significant association between selected demographic variables like age, religion, family member with cancer and previous knowledge. The finding of the study suggests that structured teaching program is effective in increasing the knowledge offinal year general nursing and midwifery students regarding chemotherapy and chemotherapy administration protocol.