Author(s): Neha Verma1, Dr. Nem Pal Singh2
Abstract: The use of Central Venous Catheters has increased dramatically and exclusively in modern medicine, they are considered as life sustaining devices. They are widely used in critically ill patients throughout the world. Nurses play a vital role in preventing complications associated with Central Venous Catheters. The aim of study was to evaluate the effectiveness of structured teaching program on knowledge regarding the care of Central Venous Catheter among staff nurses working in Paediatric units of selected hospitals of District Lucknow,U.P.. An experimental approach with Pre- Experimental pre-test post-test design was used for this study. 40 staff nurses were selected from selected hospitals by Purposive sampling technique. Data was collected by using self-structured knowledge questionnaire. The findings of study revealed that knowledge score of Staff Nurses was higher 76.30% in post-test as compared to the pre-test 34.80%. The difference between knowledge scores of pre-test and post-test was calculated by 't' Test which was found statistically significant at p<0.05. Hence the study concluded that by providing knowledge regarding the care of Central Venous Catheter to staff nurses working in paediatric units of selected hospitals of District Lucknow,U.P. there was significant gain in their knowledge.
Keywords: Effectiveness, Knowledge, Structured Teaching Programme, Central Venous Catheter, and Staff nurses working in paediatric units.
DOI: 10.61165/sk.publisher.v10i9.9
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