A Study to assess the Effectiveness of Structured Teaching Programme on Knowledge Regardingpaediatric Emergencies among 3rd Year B.sc Nursing Students at selected Nursing College, Dharwad District Karnataka, India

Children having more curiosity and desire to taste and manipulate objects and toys, in most of the cases drowning occurs in fresh water and exposure to any thermal, chemical or radiation sources termed as burn.Paediatric emergencies an evaluative study was conducted 60 3rdB.ScNursing students at selected nursing college, Dharwad district. Probability; simple random sampling technique was used to select the sample and was collected by structured knowledge questionnaire. The research design used for the study quasi-experimental: single group pre-test post-test design. Data analysis was done by using descriptive and inferential statistics. Overall result of the study revealed that the level of knowledge on specific paediatric emergencies. Pre-test revealed that 32 (53%) had average knowledge, 20 (33.33%) had good knowledge and 8 (13.33%) had poor knowledge. Whereas, in post-test after structured teaching programme, 23 (46%) had good knowledge and 37 (54%) had average knowledge. The calculated paired ‘t’ value (tcal=20.9) was greater than tabulated value (ttab=2.0096). Hence, H1 accepted. This indicates that the gain in knowledge score statistically significant at 0.05 level of significance. There was no statistical association between knowledge scores and their selected socio-demographic variables at 0.05 level of significance. The study concluded that the structured teaching programme was effective in improving knowledge regarding specific paediatric emergencies.