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Meera Raj M.A.
Dr. Harimohan Singh
Background: Hospital acquired infections are most common in the developing countries like India. Improper handling and management of the biomedical or hospital waste is also an important cause of the health associated infections. This study aims to assess knowledge on prevention of hospital acquired infections among student nurses in selected nursing colleges. Materials and method: The design used for study was experimental research design. The study was conducted on a sample of 50 student nurses. Self structured questionnaire was used as a tool for data collection. Results: The study results revealed that 0(0%) student nurses had good knowledge regarding prevention of hospital acquired infection and 30(60%) student nurses had average knowledge before administering structured teaching program and 20(40%) had poor knowledge. Post test results revealed that 9(18%) student nurses had good knowledge score and 41(82%) had average knowledge score after administration of structured teaching program on prevention of hospital acquired infection. Association of different demographical variables with the level of knowledge before undergoing structured teaching program was assessed using x2 and it has been found that there is no significant association between the level of knowledge and socio -demographic variable. Conclusion: The findings of the study revealed that application of structured teaching program has increased the level of knowledge of student nurses to a great extent and there is no association between the levels of knowledge regarding prevention of hospital acquired infection among the student nurses of selected colleges in Meerut to their socio demographic variables.
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