1Medical Surgical Nursing Department, Manipal College of Nursing, Manipal, Manipal University, Manipal, Udupi District, Karnataka State
2Himalayan College of Nursing, HIHT, Swami Ram Nagar, Jolly Grant, P.O Doiwala, Dehradun-248140, Uttrakhand
3Manipal College of Nursing, Manipal, Manipal University, Manipal, Udupi District, Karnataka State
The purpose of Health Assessment is to collect data to determine peoples’ overall level of functioning in order to make a professional clinical judgment. This Health Assessment can be taught by using different instructional methods. A study was conducted to find the effectiveness of two teaching methods for ‘Cranial Nerve Assessment’, on knowledge and skill of Undergraduate Nursing Students was conducted with the aim to compare Teacher Guided Instruction (TGI) and Computer Assisted Instruction (CAI).
Method
The data were collected using Base line information, Interpretive Exercises and Observational Checklist on Cranial Nerve Assessment. The study adopted a quasi experimental (pre experimental) design with evaluative approach. The samples were 64 (TGI=34 and CAI=30) students 2nd year B.Sc. Nursing. The students were divided into two groups and were taught using TGI and CAI respectively.
Result
In comparison between the effectiveness of two teaching methods, TGI and CAI, both the teaching methods were effective to improve the knowledge and skill of Cranial Nerve Assessment (CAN) and there was no significant difference (t(62)=0.13(knowledge) and t(62)=0.185(skill)) found in the resultant knowledge and skill of students in Cranial Nerve Assessment.
Conclusion
The science and general education is advancing every day. Hence changes in nursing curriculum are done frequently. Instruction methods also must be changed along with curriculum change, without which objectives may not be achieved effectively.
Teaching, Teacher guided instruction, computer assisted instruction, nursing student, cranial nerve assessment, interpretive evaluation, teaching methods
