EFFECTIVENESS OF EDUCATIONAL PROGRAMME ON KNOWLEDGE REGARDING SELECTIVE VASOACTIVE AND INOTROPIC DRUGS AMONG STAFF NURSES WORKING IN ICU‘S, SDM HOSPITAL DHARWAD

PRIYANKA. PAUL. FERNANDES

Volume : VIII, Issue : V, May - 2019

EFFECTIVENESS OF EDUCATIONAL PROGRAMME ON KNOWLEDGE REGARDING SELECTIVE VASOACTIVE AND INOTROPIC DRUGS AMONG STAFF NURSES WORKING IN ICU‘S, SDM HOSPITAL DHARWAD

Priyanka. Paul. Fernandes

Abstract :

Introduction: Administration of emergency drugs plays a vital role in saving life in all critical situations, where by these drugs help to restore a person’s life, and thus helps to maintain a hemodynamic state. The nurse is in a unique position regarding drugs therapy, because when drugs are administered the body begins a sequence of processes designed to handle the new chemicals. Understanding how drugs act on the body to cause changes and applying that knowledge in the clinical setting are important aspects of nursing practice .Knowing the background, the study undertaken to evaluate the effectiveness of educational programme on knowledge regarding selective vasoactive and inotropic drugs among staff nurses working in ICU’s, SDM Hospital Dharwad ”to help the staff nurses to enhance their knowledge on these selective vasoactive and inotropic drugs. Materials and Method: The research design selected for this study was Pre– experimental one group pre and post–test research design. Non probability, Purposive sampling technique was adapted to select the samples for this proposed study.10 samples were selected from each ICU’s. In the present study structured knowledge questionnaire was used by the investigator to assess the knowledge of staff nurses on pharmacodynamics of selective vasoactive and inotropic drugs. Results: Study revealed that, there was a significant difference between the posttest knowledge score of staff nurses on pharmacodynamics of selective vasoactive and inotropic drugs. Since the calculated t value (t= 5.8) was significantly higher than table value (t=1.68) at 0.05 level of significance. Conclusion: The findings of the study showed that educational programme on was effective in increasing knowledge of staff nurses regarding pharmacodynamics of selective vasoactive and inotropic drugs.