Assistant Professor, Mental Health Nursing Department, P.S.G College of Nursing , Coimbatore-641004, Tamil Nadu
Online published on 11 October, 2012.
In many regions, nurses are the only individuals knowledgeable about health promotion and illness care. Because nurses and midwives are the largest group of providers, they are uniquely positioned to deliver interventions for drug use, treatment of addictions and health implications of substance use.
To assess the knowledge & attitude of students regarding care of alcoholics before and after administering STP.
Quasi experimental design.
The study was conducted in PSG College of Nursing, Coimbatore.
40 BSc (N) III Year students
An structured teaching programme (STP) on care of alcoholics, which contains information through lecture, education through audiovisual material.
The level of knowledge was assessed by structured questionnaire and attitude was assessed by modifi ed 5 – point Likert scale. Descriptive and inferential statistics was used to analyze the data.
The findings of the study revealed that structured teaching programme on knowledge and attitude regarding care of alcoholics among BSc (N) III Year students. The improved mean value for knowledge was 6.95 with ‘t’ value of 16.65 and the improved mean for attitude was 9.3 with ‘t’ value 14.96 which shows high statistical significance at p<0.001 level.
The study concluded that there was a significant improvement of knowledge and attitude among students on care of alcoholics in posttest after administration of structured teaching programme.
The community mental health nurse practitioners should attempt educating the students regarding the periodically organize and conduct mass education programme on Alcoholism, using appropriate role play to create awareness.
Structured Teaching Programme, Care of Alcoholics, Knowledge, Attitude
