Knowledge Regarding Needle Stick Injury among Student Nurses

Abstract

Needle stick injury is a common occupational hazard for the student nurses due to poor technique and human error. There are a lot of ill effects seen from the needle stick injury. So there is a need to protect for the present and the future generations from the consequences of needle stick injury. The study was conducted to evaluate the effectiveness of structured teaching programme on the knowledge regarding needle stick injury among student nurses by using self-administered knowledge questionnaire. The sample was selected by using simple random sampling technique (n= 50). The study show that the knowledge of the student nurses was not satisfactory (X₁ = 14.2) before the introduction of the structured teaching programme (STP). The STP helped them to learn more about the needle stick injury. The post-test knowledge score showed the significant increase (X₂= 25.16) in the knowledge of the student nurses. The difference between the mean post-test and the mean pre-test scores found to be statistically significant (‘t’₄₉ = 25.24) at 0.05 level of significance, P-value (P< 0.05) greater than the table value. The structured teaching programme is an effective strategy for providing information and improving the knowledge of subjects.