Effect of Structured Teaching Programme on Knowledge Regarding Cardiopulmonary Resuscitation among 1st Year GNM Students of CPMS College of Nursing Guwahati, Assam

Introduction: The knowledge of CPR plays an important role in the final outcomes of emergency situation. CPR is a procedure applied to prevent irreversible brain damage or death in the case of cardiac arrest. Therefore, awareness and experience of CPR in health care professionals is vital. Title of the study: Effect of Structured Teaching Programme on Knowledge regarding Cardiopulmonary Resuscitation among 1st year GNM students of CPMS College of Nursing Guwahati, Assam. Objectives: To evaluate the effect of structured teaching programme regarding Cardiopulmonary Resuscitation among 1st year GNM students of CPMS College of Nursing Guwahati, Assam. Methodology: A pre-experimental one group pre-test post-test design was adopted for this study. Self-structured knowledge questionnaire was used to collect data from a sample of 44 number of 1st year GNM students using non-probability purposive sampling technique. Result: Pre-test knowledge score revealed that majority 31(70%) of the participants had inadequate knowledge, followed by 12(28%) with moderately adequate knowledge and 1(2%) with adequate knowledge whereas after administration of structured teaching programme, majority 23(52%) had moderately adequate knowledge and 21(48%) had adequate knowledge. Calculated paired t test value was found to be "t=10.56" which is highly significant at p ≤ 0.05 level of significance. Conclusion: Findings of the study revealed that structured teaching programme was effective in increasing the knowledge regarding Cardiopulmonary Resuscitation among 1st year GNM students of CPMS College of Nursing.