A STUDY TO EVALUATE THE EFFECTIVENESS OF SELF INSTRUCTIONAL MODULE ON NEEDLE STICK INJURY IN IMPROVING KNOWLEDGE AMONG STAFF NURSES IN SELECTED HOSPITAL AT COIMBATORE.

Prof.P.Thenmozhi

Volume : VIII, Issue : VII, July - 2018

A STUDY TO EVALUATE THE EFFECTIVENESS OF SELF INSTRUCTIONAL MODULE ON NEEDLE STICK INJURY IN IMPROVING KNOWLEDGE AMONG STAFF NURSES IN SELECTED HOSPITAL AT COIMBATORE.

Prof. P. Thenmozhi

Abstract :

A study to evaluate the effectiveness of self instructionalmodule on needle stick injury in improving knowledge among staff nurses in selected hospital atCoimbatore. The research approach used was quantitative approach and one group pretest & post test experimental design was used. Among the samples 63.4% of staff nurses had moderate knowledge in the pretest and 36.6% had good knowledge. The level of knowledgein post test reveals that 100% of staff nurses had good knowledge. The obtained‘t’ value 49.63% is statistically significant at 0.05 level. This indicates the mean difference 14 is a truedifference. It was inferred that the self instructional module was effective in improving the knowledge regarding needle stick injury.