Original Research Article
Year: 2022 | Month: July | Volume: 12 | Issue: 7 | Pages: 227-232
DOI: https://doi.org/10.52403/ijhsr.20220733
Effectiveness of Self Instructional Module on Knowledge Regarding Pediatric Advanced Life Support (PALS) among the Staff Nurses Working in Pediatric Wards of Selected Hospitals at Dehradun: A Pre-Experimental Study
Shanti Kumari Thing1, Bishnu Maya Tamang2, Prof. Gayanand Mandal3
1Shanti Kumari Thing., Senior Staff Nurse, Department of child Health Nursing,
College of Nursing, BPKIHS Dharan-18, Sunsari.
2Bishnu Maya Tamang. Senior Nursing Officer, Department of Child Health Nursing,
College of Nursing, BPKHS Dharan-18, Sunsari, Nepal.
3Gayanand Mandal, Professor, Department of Medical Surgical Nursing, BPKHS Dharan-18, Sunsari, Nepal.
Corresponding Author: Shanti Kumari Thing
ABSTRACT
Pediatric Advanced Life Support is the assessment and support of pulmonary and circulatory function in the period before an arrest, during arrest and after an arrest. Consistent with the Chain of Survival PALS should focus on prevention of the causes of arrest (Sudden Infant Death Syndrome, injury, and choking) and on early detection, rapid treatment of cardiopulmonary compromise and arrest in the critically ill or injured child. The study aimed at finding out the effectiveness of Self Instructional Module on knowledge regarding Pediatric Advanced Life Support (PALS) among the staff nurses.
Methods: In this pre-experimental study, I enrolled 60 staff nurses of pediatric wards working in Combined Medical Institute and Doon Valley Hospital of Dehradun. They were selected by purposive sampling technique. The tool used for the study consists of two sections: Structured schedule questionnaire seeks information about socio-demographic variable and structured knowledge questionnaire. They were analyzed and interpreted by using descriptive and inferential statistics at level of significance 0.05.
Results: The assessment of the effectiveness of the simulated instructional module on knowledge of the staff nurses regarding pediatric advanced life support revealed that the knowledge increased after intervention is 35.43% at P< 0.05 using structured knowledge questionnaire. Hence, it is inferred that, there is a significant increase in the knowledge of the staff nurses.
Conclusions: Based on the findings of the study, there was no significant association between the knowledge level and demographic variables of the staff nurses. Therefore, the investigator felt that it was necessary to improve the knowledge level and signify the knowledge of staff nurse.
Key words: Knowledge, pre-experimental study, pediatric advance life support, staff nurses, simulated instructional module.