Key result
Structured teaching increases mean ECG knowledge scores by ~6 points among nursing students.
Why the study?
Adequate knowledge regarding ECG is essential for nurses to ensure appropriate patient care and timely recognition of abnormal cardiac findings in emergency departments and hospital wards.
Does a structured teaching programme improve knowledge regarding electrocardiogram in IVth semester B.Sc Nursing students?
Does a structured teaching programme improve knowledge regarding electrocardiogram in IVth semester B.Sc Nursing students?
A structured teaching programme significantly improved ECG knowledge scores among nursing students in a single-group pre-test post-test study.
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Supports ECG training in nursing curricula; leaves open effects on clinical skills and patient outcomes.
Cardiovascular diseases are among the leading causes of morbidity and mortality worldwide and may result in life-threatening cardiac events. Electrocardiography is an important, non-invasive and readily available diagnostic tool for the initial assessment of cardiac electrical activity and detection of cardiac abnormalities. ECG is routinely used in emergency departments and hospital wards, where nurses play an important role in the patients requiring cardiac assessment. Therefore, adequate knowledge regarding ECG is essential for nurses to ensure appropriate patient care and timely recognition of abnormal cardiac findings. The present study was conducted to assess the knowledge regarding ECG among nurses.
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STEPHY et al. (2026) studied Knowledge regarding electrocardiogram (ECG) among nursing students (n=30). Structured teaching programme on electrocardiogram vs. Pre-intervention baseline (pre-test) was evaluated on Mean knowledge score regarding electrocardiogram (30-item structured questionnaire) (MD 5.78, p=<0.05). A structured teaching programme significantly increased mean ECG knowledge scores from 13.05 to 18.83 (MD 5.78, t=4.82, p<0.05) among nursing students.
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