1MSc(N) Final Year, University College of Nursing
2Associate Professor, University College of Nursing
3Assistant Professor, Department of Anaesthesia, Guru Gobind Singh Medical Hospital, Faridkot, Punjab, India
Online published on 6 May, 2016.
The aim of the study is to assess the effectiveness of teaching intervention on knowledge and practice regarding endotracheal tube suctioning among staff nurses working at GGS Medical Hospital, Faridkot. A pre experimental one group pretest post test research design was chosen for the study. Convenient sampling technique was used to select 35 staff nurses to assess the effectiveness of teaching intervention. The tool used was a structured questionnaire for assessing the knowledge and observational checklist was used to assess the practice regarding endotracheal tube suctioning. The findings of this study revealed that the teaching intervention was effective in increasing the knowledge and practice regarding endotracheal tube suctioning. The mean pretest knowledge score of nurses who was 19.23±4.180 and after teaching intervention the mean post test knowledge score was 27.26±4.046. The mean pretest practice score of staff nurses was 6.91±1.772 and after teaching intervention the mean post test practice score was 10.54±1.686. The study concluded that the teaching intervention brought about a significant change in the level of knowledge and practice of staff nurses regarding endotracheal tube suctioning.
Knowledge and practice of ICU staff nurses, Endotracheal tube suctioning, Effectiveness of teaching intervention
