Utilization of emergency crash cart system in the hospital among nursing students

Knowledge regarding utilization of emergency crash cart system in the hospital is very important as the emergency nurses should develop the skills regarding organization, uses and care of crash carts in the hospitals. In this situation, the nurse must be skilled at rapid, accurate physical examination, early recognition of life-threatening illness or injury, the use of advanced monitoring and treatment equipment. Quasi experimental one group pre-test and post-test design with evaluative approach was used. Study was carried out in selected Nursing Colleges in Mysore, using simple random sampling. 100 4^th year B. Sc. Nursing students were selected. Data was collected by a self-administered questionnaire which includes demographic data, and 30 items. Self-instructional module was administered after assessing the pre-test. A post test was conducted after 7 days with same tool. Findings reveal that the among 100 students majority 47(47%) of them were in the age group between 22–25 yrs. 52(52%) were females, and 37(37%) of them were got information from Class Teachers. Pre test revealed that 4^th year B. Sc. Nursing students were having low level of knowledge with a mean score of 18.35. After giving Self-instructional module post test score increased to 23.69, which shows the effectiveness of Self-instructional module. It has been found that variables like age, sex and source of information shows there is a significant association with post-test knowledge level.