Original Research Article
Year: 2019 | Month: September | Volume: 9 | Issue: 9 | Pages: 86-90
Effectiveness of Structured Teaching Programme on Basic Life Support among Nurses at Nepalgunj Medical College Teaching Hospital, Banke, Nepal
Srijana Sapkota1, Nisha Ghimire2
1Instructor, Tribhuvan University Institute of Medicine, Nursing Campus Nepalgunj, Banke, Nepal
2Teaching Assistant, Tribhuvan University Institute of Medicine, Nursing Campus Nepalgunj, Banke, Nepal
Corresponding Author: Srijana Sapkota
ABSTRACT
Background: Cardiac arrest is an important acute emergency situation both in/out of the hospital .If early Basic life support cardio pulmonary resuscitation is instantiated, the survival rate is improved.
Objective: To evaluate the effectiveness of Structured Teaching Programme (STP) on BLS among nurses working in a Nepalgunj Medical College Teaching Hospital(NGMCTH), Nepalgunj, Banke, Nepal.
Material and method: Quasi experimental research design was used to conduct the study among the nurses of NGMCTH, Nepalgunj, Banke; 50 nurses were selected by using non probability sampling technique, a total of. (n25) control group and n-25) experimental group were selected by using simple random sampling. Structure teaching session included lecture cum discussion, demonstration and re-demonstration by trained doctors and nurses of 8hours duration. Post-test was carried out after STP. The American national Red Cross 2015 BLS guideline were used as guide for the teaching content and collected data were analyzed and interpreted by both descriptive and inferential statistics.
Result and conclusion: The result showed that the mean pretest-posttest knowledge score in experimental group was 5.84 whereas mean pretest-posttest knowledge scores in control group was 1.96 (p<0.05). Therefore, the study concluded that the mean post-test knowledge scores of nurses exposed to structured teaching programme was higher than the mean pre-test knowledge score. Hence, nurses should receive BLS training in hospitals and the training should be repeated on a regular basis. The STP on BLS that the nurses received in this study was effective and increased their knowledge level on BLS.
Key words: Basic life support, Structured teaching program, Nurses, Nepal