A study to assess the effectiveness of structured teaching programme on knowledge and practice regarding endotracheal suctioning among staff nurses in intensive care units of selected hospitals in kollam

Subject: A study to assess the effectiveness of structured teaching programme on knowledge and practice regarding endotracheal suctioning among staff nurses in intensive care units of selected hospitals in Kollam.
Methods: Quantitative research approach was used with pre experimental one group pretest posttest design. Purposive sampling technique was used to select 50 intensive care unit staff nurses who meet the inclusion criteria. Pretest was done on the first day followed by structured teaching programme (Day 1) and reinforcement intervention (Day 7) to all the samples and posttest on the 7th and 14th day.
Result: The findings of the study showed that, there was a significant increase in mean posttest knowledge and practice score of the samples (P < 0.05) regarding endotracheal suctioning among staff nurses in intensive care units of selected hospitals in Kollam after structured teaching programme.
Conclusion: The present study suggested that Structured Teaching Programme was effective in improving knowledge and practice regarding endotracheal suctioning among staff nurses in different intensive care units. It also suggested that there is statistically strong positive relationship between knowledge and practice scores regarding endotracheal suctioning among staff nurses in different intensive care units in Kollam.