Impact of Coronary Interventions for Secondary Prevention of Myocardial Infarction among Clinical Nurses

Abstract

Objective: to assess the effectiveness of structured teaching programme on knowledge of staff nurses regarding selected coronary intervention for secondary prevention of myocardial infarction at a selected hospital, Bangalore. Materials and Methods: Quantitative research approach and a pre experimental one group pre-test and post-test research design were used to accomplish the stated objectives. The investigator selected a sample of 50 staff nurses using a convenience sampling technique. The data were collected by using a structured knowledge questionnaire followed by structured teaching programme regarding secondary prevention of MI was administered for about 45 min. Post test was conducted after 7 days using a same structured knowledge questionnaire. Result: Inferential and descriptive statistical analysis was performed by using SPSS-IBM 20. Results were calculated by using p value < 0.05. The results revealed that, in pre test 88% of the nurses had inadequate knowledge where as in post test 100% of the nurses had gained adequate knowledge on secondary prevention of MI which was statistically significant at P<0.005. There was a significant association found in relation to socio demographic variables such as total years of clinical experience. Conclusion: The study result shows that after intervention knowledge on secondary prevention of MI were improved significantly among the clinical nurses.