A Study to Assess the Effectiveness of Structured Teaching Program on Knowledge and Skill of Pediatric Drug and IV Fluid Calculation Among B.Sc. Nursing Students in a Selected College at Bhilai (C.G.)

Abstract

Background: Administration of the medication is most important nursing responsibility. The need for accuracy in preparing and administrating medication to children is greater than that of an adult. Pediatric dose is small when it compared with adult dose and a very small calculation mistake can represent a greater error. Moreover, mathematical calculations have answer in decimals also which may be difficult for those nurses who are not good in Maths. Objectives: 1) To assess the pre-test & post-test knowledge related to pediatric drug & IV fluid calculation among the B.Sc. Nursing students. 2) To assess the pre-test & post-test skill related to pediatric drug calculation & IV fluid calculation among B.Sc. Nursing student. 3)To find the effectiveness of structured teaching on knowledge and skill of pediatric drug & IV fluid calculation. 4) To find the correlation between pre-test knowledge & skill related to pediatric drug & IV fluid calculation among B.Sc. Nursing students. 5) To find the association of pre-test knowledge score of pediatric drug & IV fluid calculation skill with selected socio-demographic variables. 6) To find the association of pre-test skill score of drug & IV fluid calculation with selected socio-demographic variables. Setting and Design: Quasi-experimental research approach with pretest posttest research design was adopted for the study. The study focused on B.Sc. Nursing 3rd year students from selected college of nursing at Bhilai (C.G.). Material and Methods: Total 60 students from the B.Sc. Nursing 3rd year was selected from selected college Nursing Bhilai (C.G.) after obtaining informed consent. Data was collected by tool self-structured questionnaire, and checklist related to pediatric drug calculation, IV fluid calculation, and IV fluid calculation in pediatric burn patient. Results: Score analysis indicates that among 60 students under study in knowledge of pediatric drug calculation, IV fluid calculation and IV fluid calculation in pediatric burn indicates that in pretest 33(55%) had average knowledge 25(41.67%) had poor knowledge and 2(3.33%) had good knowledge related to pediatric drug calculation, IV fluid calculation & IV fluid calculation in pediatric burn. However, in posttest refers to teaching 49(81.66%) had good knowledge & 11(18.33%) had average knowledge & none had poor knowledge related to pediatric drug, IV fluid & IV fluid calculation in pediatric burn. Score analysis indicates that among 60 students under study in skill of pediatric drug calculation, IV fluid calculation and IV fluid calculation in pediatric burn indicates that in pretest maximum 44(73.33%) students are have average skill and 16(26.67%) have poor skill. However, in post test 45(75%) had good skill and 15 (25%) had average skill related to pediatric drug, IV fluid & IV fluid calculation in pediatric burn.