Effectiveness of Structured Teaching Programm on Knowledge Regarding Paediatric Emergency Drugs and Calculation of Doses among B.Sc. Nursing Students in Selected Nursing Colleges at Bhopal (M.P.)

The drug administration is a vital part in the care of children and all the more in the care of critically ill children. The nurse is wholly responsible for the drugs administered by her during the emergency situations of child care. A quantitative research approach has been used in this study. The data was collected by using a socio-demographic variables and a structured knowledge questionnaire on paediatric emergency drugs following which a structured teaching programme on paediatric emergency drus and calculation of doses was administered to the B Sc Nursing students on the same day. The data analysis was done by using descriptive and inferential statistics like frequency, percentage , chi square and Z test. Among 50 B Sc Nursing students 64% had inadequate knowledge and 36% of the students had moderately adequate knowledge. After the effectiveness of structured teaching programme the mean pre test knowledge score were 16.44 and post test knowledge scores were 27.32 which showed the effectiveness. In association with pre test knowledge scores, there is no statistically significant association between knowledge score of B Sc Nursing students and socio demographic variables.