Effectiveness of a Planned Teaching Programme on Glasgow Coma Scale among Nurses Working in Critical Care Units of Selected Hospital, Pokhara, Nepal

The study was conducted among 35 staff nurses to find out the effectiveness of a planned teaching programme on Glasgow Coma Scale in the month of March-April 2017. An evaluative research approach and pre-experimental one group pretest and posttest research design was adopted for the study. The data was collected by administering a self structured knowledge and skill questionnaires after validity and reliability of the tool with non-probability purposive sampling technique. With prior permission from the ethical committee and written consent from the participants the pretest was taken from nurses. Then planned teaching was given to nurses with lesson plan and power point presentation with audio-visual video demonstration on Glasgow Coma Scale. Post test was taken from the nurses after 8 days of teaching. The data gathered were analyzed by calculating mean, mean percentage, SD and ‘paired t’ test. Results of the study showed that teaching programme was highly effective in enhancing the knowledge and skill of nurses regarding Glasgow Coma Scale, which will help in effective care of patients in critical care units.