Study to evaluate the effectiveness of educational handbook on knowledge and attitude towards nursing ethics code among nursing personnel in selected hospitals of shimla, himachal pradesh.

Background: The need for nursing is universal. Inherent in nursing is respect for human rights, including the right to life, dignity and to be treated with respect. Nursing care is unrestricted by considerations of age, color, creed, culture, disability or illness, gender, nationality, politics, race or social status.¹

Aim: A quasi-experimental study was conducted in selected Hospitals of Shimla, Himachal Pradesh with objective to evaluate the effectiveness of Educational Handbook on Knowledge and Attitude towards Nursing Ethics Code among Nursing Personnel.

Methodology: The study adopted quasi-experimental design. Convenience sampling technique was used to select 60 Nursing Personnel. The tools of the study were demographic variables, structured knowledge questionnaire and structured three-point Likert Scale.

Result: The findings of the study showed that in pre-test 73.3% study subject in experimental group and in control group 76.6% study subjects had average knowledge and in post-test 80% study subjects in experimental group had good knowledge and in control group 83.3% of study subjects were having average knowledge. Regarding attitude 66.75% study subjects in experimental group and in control group 70% study subjects had positive attitude and in posttest 86.7% study subjects in experimental group had positive attitude and in control group still 70% of study subjects had positive attitude towards nursing ethics code.

Conclusion: Since the study showed that educational handbook that is administered to experimental group was effective to increase the knowledge and attitude of nursing personnel.