“A study to assess the effectiveness of structured teaching program on knowledge regarding universal precautions and the prevention of blood borne infections among the final year Bsc nursing students of selected nursing colleges of Datia. The aim of the study is to identify the level of knowledge regarding universal precautions and the prevention of blood borne infections among the final year B.Sc. Nursing students before and after structured teaching programme. 2. To develop and administer structured teaching programme on the knowledge regarding universal precautions and the prevention of blood borne infections among the final year B.Sc. Nursing students. 3. To evaluate the effectiveness of structured teaching programme on the knowledge regarding universal precautions and the prevention of blood borne infections by comparing pre and Post-test knowledge scores. 4. To find out the association between pre-test level of knowledge with selected socio- demographic variables.. The research approach adopted for this study is a quantitative approach. The research design adopted for this study was a pre experimental one group pretest post test design. The investigator had utilized probability simple random sampling for the selection of the subjects. A sample of 60 students from selected colleges who are willing to participate in the study selected for the study. Study revealed that the overall mean pre-test knowledge of final year B.Sc. Nursing students was 15.42 with standard deviation of 3.35. The mean knowledge gain by the final year B.Sc. Nursing students was 20.94 with standard deviation of 8.17. It was significant at the level of 0.05. It means there are gain in knowledge level of final year B.Sc. Nursing students. The results also showed that significant association between the knowledge of the final year B.Sc. Nursing students with selected demographic variables like income of parents and parent?s occupation. This supports that structured teaching programme on knowledge regarding universal precautions and the prevention of blood borne infections is effective in increasing the knowledge level of final year B.Sc. Nursing students.
Structured Teaching, Universal Precautions, Blood Borne Infections, Datia
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