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Kaur, Amandeep
- Knowledge and Attitude of Students Regarding Bio Medical Waste Management
Authors
1 Shaheed Kartar Singh Sarabha, College of Nursing, Ludhiana, IN
Source
Asian Journal of Nursing Education and Research, Vol 6, No 1 (2016), Pagination: 123-126Abstract
Aims: The study aimed to determine the following among the students of the Shaheed Kartar Singh Sarabha group of Colleges, India: the knowledge regarding bio-medical waste management, the attitude regarding biomedical waste management, the correlation between knowledge and attitude regarding bio-medical waste management among the students, the association of knowledge and attitude regarding bio-medical waste management among the students with selected variables such as age, gender, type of course, area of practice and year of study.
Methods: A descriptive study was conducted using a questionnaire with closed-ended questions. It was distributed to 380 students of Shaheed Kartar Singh Sarabha, College of Nursing and Shaheed Kartar Singh Sarabha Ayurvedic Medical College Ludhiana, Punjab. The questionnaire was used to assess their knowledge and attitude regarding biomedical medical waste management. The resulting answers were graded and the percentage of correct and incorrect answers for each question from all the participants was obtained.
Results: The results showed that there was a below average level of knowledge regarding biomedical waste management among the students. It was surprising that 27.6% had good, only 1.8% had excellent knowledge regarding biomedical waste management. Majority (95.8%) had positive attitude regarding biomedical waste management.
Conclusions: It can be concluded from the present study that although the attitude about biomedical waste management was positive among the students, the knowledge was comparatively below average .This study indicated that there is a need for creating awareness among students regarding biomedical waste management among the students in Shaheed Kartar Singh Sarabha Group of Colleges.
- A Study to Assess the Effectiveness of the Structured Teaching Programme on the Knowledge Regarding Blood Donation among the College Going Students of the Selected Colleges of Ludhiana, Punjab
Authors
1 Institute of Nursing Education, GTBS (C) Hospital, Ludhiana, IN
Source
Asian Journal of Nursing Education and Research, Vol 9, No 2 (2019), Pagination: 220-224Abstract
A descriptive study was undertaken to assess the effectiveness of Structured Teaching Programme on blood donation among the college going students of selected colleges of Ludhiana, Punjab. A quasi experimental study with single group pretest-posttest design was conducted on a total of 50 college going students. Structured Teaching Programme on blood donation was developed. Based on Structured Teaching Programme, a Self Structured Questionnaire was prepared to assess the pretest-posttest knowledge scores of study subjects regarding blood donation. Descriptive and inferential statistical tests were used for data analysis. Findings of the study revealed that the mean posttest knowledge scores (23.78) of subjects regarding blood donation were significantly (p<0.01) higher than their pretest knowledge scores (12.64) after administration of Structured Knowledge Programme. In pre-test, maximum 28 (56%) of subjects has average knowledge scores followed by 19 (38%) which were having poor knowledge scores and 2 (4%) who had very poor knowledge scores. Only 1 (2%) had good knowledge score. None of the subject had very good knowledge score in pretest. After administration of Structured Teaching Programme, the level of post knowledge score of subjects increased as in post-test 24 (48%) of subjects students achieved very good knowledge scores followed by 20 (40%) who had good level of knowledge scores. Only 6 (12%) had average knowledge scores. None of the subjects had poor or very poor level of knowledge scores. There were no statistically significant (p>0.05) association between the posttest knowledge scores of the subjects on blood donation and their birth order in the family, habitat, type of family and monthly family income. Hence, administration o f Structured Teaching Programme on blood donation was very effective on college going students.Keywords
Effectiveness, Structured Teaching Programme, College Going Students.References
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