“EFFECTIVENESS OF VIDEO ASSISTED TEACHING PROGRAM ON KNOWLEDGE AND PRACTICE REGARDING PREVENTION OF NEEDLE STICK INJURIES AMONG FOURTH YEAR B.SC NURSING STUDENTS AT RAMA COLLEGE OF NURSING, RAMA UNIVERSITY, KANPUR, UTTAR PRADESH.”

Abstract

Background: Needle stick injuries are most often associated with sudden patient movement during the injection Recapping needles. The main objective of the study is to assess the effectiveness of video assisted teaching program regarding prevention of needle sticks injuries among fourth year B.Sc. nursing students. Materials and method: A preexperimental, one group pre and post-test research design was adopted to find the effectiveness of video assisted teaching program on knowledge and practice regarding
prevention of needle sticks injuries among fourth year B.Sc. nursing students at Rama College of nursing, Rama university, Kanpur, Uttar Pradesh. A total of 100fourth year students were selected by using probability simple random sampling technique.Results:
Majority 98 (98%) were in the age group of 21-22 years, 78 (78%) were females, 58 (58%) were getting information from hospital. In pre-test 63% were in poor knowledge and 81% were in gained excellent knowledge after video assisted teaching program. Where in pre-test 48% were in poor preventive practice and 88% were gained excellent preventive practice knowledge. The knowledge post-test mean score 23±3.1, which is higher than pre-test mean score 12.8±3.2, the calculated paired ‘t’ value is 17.5. The calculated chi square value shown significant relation between knowledge scores with source of information(χ2=9.8).
Conclusion: The study concluded that the level of knowledge and practice were improved after the video assisted teaching. Thus, video assisted teaching program is an effective strategy which can help in improving the level of knowledge and practice among B.Sc
nursing fourth year students.