Abstract
Title
EFFECTIVENESS OF STRUCTURED TEACHING PROGRAMME
ON KNOWLEDGE OF OCCUPATIONAL HEALTH HAZARDS
AMONG STAFF NURSES AT RAJARAJESWARI MEDICAL
COLLEGE AND HOSPITAL BANGALORE
Author
Dr. Tejeshwari BV, B.Sc (N) students
Email
keyword
Effectiveness,
Knowledge, STP,
occupational health
hazards, staff nurses.
Abstract
Health care workers define to be all people engaged in actions whose
primary intent is to enhance health. They make important contributions and are critical to
the functioning of most health systems. Health care workers face a wide range of hazards
on the job; including needle stick injuries, back injuries, latex allergy, violence, and stress.
Health-care workers (HCWs) need protection from these workplace hazards just as much as
do mining or construction workers. Yet, because their job is to care for the sick and injured,
HCWs are often viewed as "immune" to injury or illness. Their patients come first. They
are often expected to sacrifice their own well-being for the sake of their patients. Indeed
health protecting health-care workers has the added benefit to contribute to quality patient
care and health system strengthening. Objectives: - 1. To assess the pre-test knowledge
regarding the occupational health hazard among the staff nurses in RRMCH, Bengaluru. 2.
To assess the post-test knowledge regarding the occupational health hazard among the staff
nurses in RRMCH, Bengaluru. 3. To assess effectiveness of structured teaching programme
on knowledge regarding health hazard among the staff nurses in RRMCH, Bengaluru. 4. To
find association between pre-test and post-test knowledge score of staff nurses and selected
demographic variables. Design: - Evaluative research approach was used for the study.
Forty staff nurses were recruited by non-probability convience sampling method. Necessary
administrative permission was obtained from concerned authority. Written informed
consent was obtained from all subjects. Then the investigator collected the data pertaining
to the demographic variables by using structured interview schedule. Ethical clearance was
obtained from Institutional ethical committee. Content validity of the tool was established
by split of method. The obtained score was 0.90 & it was found to reliable. Pre-testing of
the tools was done. Setting: - The study was conducted in RajaRajeswari Medical College
&hospital, Bangalore, Karnataka. Result: - The result of the study showed that the mean
level of knowledge regarding occupational health hazards on pre-test was 12.37 and posttest was 22.95 respectively.The standard deviation for the study was 2.17 and 4.01
respectively. The calculated “t” value was 14.56. This shows that there is an effectiveness
of structured teaching programme on knowledge regarding occupational health hazards
among staff nurses at RRMCH, Bangalore. Conclusion: - The study revealed that the
objective for assessing knowledge towards the occupational health hazards among staff
nurses has achieved and structured teaching programme was effective in improving the knowledge of staff nurses
