International Journal of Nursing Education and Research

There are increasing cases of diabetic foot ulcer in world and in India and the staff nurses have less knowledge about the topical insulin in healing of diabetic foot ulcer. Present study is aimed to assess the effectiveness of planned teaching programme regarding topical insulin in healing of diabetic foot ulcer among staff nurses in selected hospitals at kota, Rajasthan. 60 samples were selected using simple random sampling technique. The findings revealed that In Control group none of the participants had good level of knowledge in pre and post test. Average level of knowledge 43.33% was found in pre test whereas 53.33% was found in post test. Poor level of knowledge 43.33% was found in pre test whereas 30.00% was found in post test in control group. In experimental group none of the participants had good level of knowledge in pre test whereas 100.00% had good level of knowledge in post test. Average level of knowledge 60.00% was found in pre test whereas none of the participants had average level of knowledge in post test. Poor level of knowledge 40.00% was found in pre test whereas none of the participants had poor level of knowledge in post test in experimental group. This study concluded that there was significant improvement in the level of knowledge of nurses regarding topical insulin in healing of diabetic foot ulcer which indicated that the planned teaching programme was effective. The socio-demographic variables like age, gender, education qualification, area of work, years of experience, previously attended workshop seminar programme had significant association with the pre test knowledge score. Hence this kind of education programmes should be conducted from time to time for health personnel so that their knowledge can be improved.