1Principal,
2Assistant Professor,
The study was conducted to assess the effectiveness of planned teaching programme on knowledge regarding safe medication administration among staff nurses working in gynecological unit in selected hospital at Chennai. The objective of the study was to assess the effectiveness of planned teaching programme on knowledge regarding safe medication administration among staff nurses working ingynecological unit. The hypothesis of this study was there is a significant association between the planned teaching programme and knowledge regarding safe medication administration among staff nurses.. The conceptual framework of this study was based on modified model of Ernestine Widenbach's helping art of clinical nursing theory.
The study was conducted by adopting a pre experimental one group pre testpost test design. Thirty staff nurses who fulfilled the inclusion criteria were selected by purposive sampling technique.. A structured questionnaire was distributed to the staff nurses to assess the pre test level of knowledge regarding safe medication administration among staff nurses. Then followed by a planned teaching programme regarding safe medication administration and drug calculations were educated to staff nurses. A post test was conducted to assess the level of knowledge with the same questionnaire provided in the pre test. Analysis revealed that the paired ‘t’ test value of knowledge was 20.13 highly significant at the level of p<0.001. Thus it indicates the effectiveness of planned teaching programme and level of knowledge regarding safe medication administration among staff nurses working in gynaecological unit.
