A quasi experimental study, with pre test and post test without control group research design, the study was conducted on 100 nurses working in the cardio thoracic intensive care unit. purposive of sampling was used in selecting the sample for the study. The purpose of the study was to assess the effectiveness of a structured teaching module (STM) on the knowledge and practice of the nurses regarding management of patients in the cardio thoracic intensive care unit. The nurse taken for the study belonged mainly to the age group of 21-25 years( 56%) and were single (66%)majority of the nurses were with diploma nursing qualification 72% .majority 65% had 1-3 years of experience and had worked in the cardiac surgery area. The finding of the study revealed that during pretest, the nurses had above average knowledge and practice before the structured teaching .with the implementation of the STM, these was an improvement in both the knowledge and practice of the STM, these was important in both the knowledge and practice of nurses .
Structured teaching module knowledge and practice of the nurses cardio thoracic intensive care unit
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