Volume : VII, Issue : VIII, August - 2017

A STUDY TO EVALUATE THE EFFECTIVENESS OF TEACHING MODULE ON PSYCHO–EDUCATION PROGRAMME ABOUT KNOWLEDGE AND COMMON PSYCHIATRIC EMERGENCIES AMONG IV YEAR B.SC. NURSING STUDENTS IN SELECTED NURSING COLLEGES AT COIMBATORE

Miss. K. Thenmozhi, Dr . Maheswari Jaikumar, Dr. Vaijayanthi Mala

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 Aim: To Evaluate the Effectiveness of Teaching Module on Psycho–Education Programme about knowledge & common psychiatric emergencies among IV year B.Sc., Nursing Student in selected nursing colleges, at Coimbatore. Conceptual frame work for the study was born on the Kenny’s open system module (1968). Research design used for the study was a quasi–experimental one group pre test post test design. This study was conducted in KG, Ramakrishna College of nursing at coimbatore .The population for this study consisted of IV year B.sc Nursing student. Simple Random Sampling Technique was used to select the sample. Data collection tool consist of demographic variable, self administered multiple choice questions to assess knowledge on common psychiatric emergencies. The psycho–education programme include in detail about common psychiatric emergencies .The collected data were tabulated , analyzed and interpreted by using descriptive and inferential statistical methods. Establishment of content validity of data collection tool and psycho–education programme was obtained by the split–half method (r=0.89) which were highly reliable. Pilot study was conducted in Cherraan’s College of Nursing among IV year B.sc nursing student to find the feasibility on conducting the study. Among B.sc Nursing students majority were fallen between 19–21years of age group, from urban, got previous information through media. Regarding the knowledge on common psychiatric emergencies among IV year B.sc Nursing student, greater strength of them had moderately adequate knowledge during their pre–test and more than half of them had an adequate knowledge during their post test. The mean score of knowledge in post–test was higher than in pre test. The‘t’ value is highly significant at p<0.05 level regarding common psychiatric emergencies; hence the stated hypothesis on common psychiatric emergencies was accepted. There was no significant associated between the knowledge of IV year B.sc Nursing student with the selected demographic variables like, age, place of residence, previous source of information, hence the stated hypothesis was rejected. Above finding suggest that the psycho–education programme helps to change knowledge on common psychiatric emergencies among IV year B.sc Nursing student.

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MISS.K.THENMOZHI, DR .MAHESWARI JAIKUMAR, DR.VAIJAYANTHI MALA, A STUDY TO EVALUATE THE EFFECTIVENESS OF TEACHING MODULE ON PSYCHO–EDUCATION PROGRAMME ABOUT KNOWLEDGE AND COMMON PSYCHIATRIC EMERGENCIES AMONG IV YEAR B.SC. NURSING STUDENTS IN SELECTED NURSING COLLEGES AT COIMBATORE, INDIAN JOURNAL OF APPLIED RESEARCH : Volume‾7 | Issue‾8 | August‾2017

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