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Indian Journal of Surgical Nursing

Volume  6, Issue 1, January - April 2017, Pages 17-21
 

Original Article

A Study to Assess the Knowledge Regarding Sheehan's Syndrome among Staff Nurses in Selected Hospitals at Tumkur

Lincy Joseph

Assistant Professor, Naincy college of Nursing, Jeolikote, Nainital, Uttarakhand 263127.

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DOI: DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.21088/ijsn.2277.467X.6117.3

Abstract

 A study was conducted to assess the effectiveness of structured teaching programme on knowledge regarding sheehan’s syndrome among staff nurses in selected hospitals at Tumkur. The sample size of this study comprised of 50 staff nurses. Non probability convenience sampling technique was considered appropriate for this study. The collected data was analyzed using descriptive and inferential statistics. The findings revealed the post-test mean knowledge score was found higher (90.7%) when compared with pretest mean knowledge score (48.7%). The pre test mean knowledge score is 19.4 and standard deviation is 3. Post test mean knowledge is found to be 36.2 and standard deviation is 1.61. Enhancement is 42% and statistical paired‘t’ test value is 36.5. The statistical paired ‘t’ test indicated the enhancement in the mean knowledge score found to be significant at 5% level for all the aspects under study.

Keywords: Structured Teaching Programme; Sheehan’s Syndrome; Staff Nurses.


Corresponding Author : Lincy Joseph