A Study to assess the effectiveness of Planned Teaching Program on level of knowledge regarding Menstrual Stem Cell Banking among student nurses at selected nursing colleges, Haridwar, Uttarakhand

Background of the study: Till date women have been disposing menstrual blood as an unhygienic waste, but many research proved that menstrual blood is a rich source of stem cells which have the ability to multiply and differentiate into various cells. Earlier blood from umbilical cord considered as the reservoir for stem cells for them who have given birth at any time of their life were able to conserve the stem cells which were found from umbilical cord. But now researchers investigated and collected stem cells from menstrual blood it giving opportunity to those women who have not given birth for preserving stem cells for themselves. Aim: The aim of the study to assess the effectiveness of planned teaching programme on level of knowledge regarding menstrual stem cell banking among student nurses, at selected nursing colleges, Haridwar, Uttarakhand. Methods: Present study is an carried out 60 student nurses by the an quantitative approach with a pre-experimental, one group pre-test – post-test design was used for the study to accomplish the objectives..Samples were chosen by convenient sampling technique. Socio demographic profile was used to assess the personal information of the samples and self structured questionnaire to assess the knowledge of student nurses regarding menstrual stem cell banking. Results: The study showed that in pre test majority of participants 33(55%) had average knowledge, Inpost test Majority of participants 36(60%) had very good level of knowledge. On comparing mean post test knowledge score was more than mean pre test knowledge score which was calculated by ‘Z’ test (19.21) at p <0.05 level of significance. Conclusion: This study shown that planned teaching programme was effective to enhance the knowledge of student nurses regarding menstrual stem cell banking.