Effectiveness of educational program on knowledge regarding needle stick injuries among nursing students

Manoj Kumar Sharma 1, * and Taj Mohammad 2

1 Department of Nursing, Bareilly International University, Bareilly, U. P, India.
2 Department of Nursing, Atal Bihari University Lucknow, Excel College of Nursing, Unnao, U. P, India.
 
Research Article
World Journal of Advanced Research and Reviews, 2023, 18(01), 684–689
Article DOI: 10.30574/wjarr.2023.18.1.0663
 
Publication history: 
Received on 06 March 2023; revised on 13 April 2023; accepted on 16 April 2023
 
Abstract: 
The aims of this study are to assess the knowledge regarding needle stick injury in nursing students, The objective of study was to assess the level of knowledge regarding needle stick injury among the nursing students, to evaluate the effectiveness of educational program on knowledge regarding needle stick injury among the nursing students, The use of safety practice exposure, to blood and blood containing material and contributing factors. A multiple choice questionnaire was completed by 60 nursing students studying at Shri Ram Murti Smarak College of Nursing, Bareilly. These sample was selected by using the purposive sampling method. The data was collected by using the multiple choice questionnaire and these data was analyzed by SPSS version 27.The result of study was75% of the participants were belongs to 22-23 years age group and 11.7% of the participants were belong to 24-25 years and 6.4% were belong to 26-27 years age group &6.4% belong to more than 28 year, majority of the participants i.e. 53.3% were female and remaining 46.7% were male. 80 % of the participants were unmarried, 10% of the participants were married . 43.4% were having GNM qualification, 51.7% were having B.Sc. Nursing degreeand1.7% were having post basic nursing degree and remaining 3.3% having NPCC degree. majority of the participants are that is.78.3% were not participated in any educational program and remaining 21.7% were participated in educational program. Interpreted the mean post-test knowledge score(16..37 ± 3.37)of the experimental group was greater than the mean pre-test knowledge score (10.87 ± 3.61) of the experimental group with the mean difference of 5.5.
 
Keywords: 
Needle sticks injury; Universal precautions; Nursing students; Protective glasses
 
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