Effectiveness of Structured Teaching Programme on Knowledge regarding Umbilical Cord Blood Banking among the Staff Nurses Working in Selected Hospital, Bareilly, U. P.

A quantitative quasi experimental study to evaluate the effectiveness of structured teaching programme on knowledge regarding umbilical cord blood banking among the staff nurses working in Rohilkhand Hospital & Mahendra Gayatri Hospital Bareilly, U. P. ' The study was conducted on 60 staff nurses (30 staff nurses were selected from Rohilkhand Hospital & 30 staff nurses were selected from Mahendra Gayatri Hospital) for experimental & control group and sample were selected through Non -probability purposive sampling technique. The study was explained to participants and consent was taken. The data was collected by self structured knowledge questionnaire. The structured teaching programme was given to experimental group. After STP the assessment of knowledge was done from both group. The result showed that the obtained t value for pre test comparison was t=1.8282, p=0.0727 and post test comparison score after giving S. T. P was t=31.085, p=0.0001. There was no significant association between knowledge score with their selected demographic variables of experimental group such as age, gender, professional qualification, year of experience whereas the significant association shows between knowledge score and sources of previous knowledge regarding umbilical cord blood banking also there was no significant association between knowledge score with their selected demographic variables of control group such as age, gender, professional qualification, year of experience and Sources of previous knowledge umbilical cord blood banking.The study concluded that after the implementation of structured teaching programmed the knowledge score level was improved regarding umbilical cord blood banking.Hence, the structured teaching programme was effective.