Cogency of Aggression Management Training Programme on Competency of Nursing Students in a Selected College in Bangalore

To investigate the cogency of aggression management training programme on competency of nursing students.

A pre-experimental, one group pre-test and post-test design was utilized. 71 nursing students from one of the biggest nursing colleges in Bangalore were selected by purposive sampling technique. Consent was taken from the subjects and pretest was conducted using self-administered questionnaire and Likert scale to assess the level of knowledge and confidence. Later aggression management training programme was given and post-test was conducted with the same tool in a period of one week. Analysis is done with paired t-test for comparison and Chi square test for association with selected demographic variables.

It shows that the level of knowledge and confidence is significantly higher during the posttest. The comparison of knowledge level (t=13.2, p=0.00) and confidence level (t=5.58, p=0.00) shows that the aggression management training programme was highly effective on competency of nursing students.

A training programme on aggression management can be inculcated in the curriculum of nursing students so that they will have adequate knowledge and confidence to manage patients with aggression. To recapitulate, the present study shows that there is a high cogency of aggression management training programme on the competency of nursing students.