Background of the Study: In the current scenario people suffer from diseases resulting from unhealthy lifestyle practices, environment and unhealthy food habits. Many Intestinal and urinary condition need surgical intervention called as diversion technique. Intestinal diversion technique use to reroute the intestinal content, urinary diversion is to reroute the urine output through an artificial stoma. According to research study it’s estimated that around 6,400 permanent colostomies are carried out each year in UK. Objectives: 1. to assess the pretest and posttest level of knowledge regarding diversion procedure and stoma care among B.Sc. nursing student. 2. To evaluate the effectiveness of workshop based teaching on level of knowledge regarding diversion procedure and stoma care among B.Sc. nursing student. Methodology: An experimental quantitative approach was used to achieve the objectives of the study. The study was conducted in Padmashree institute of nursing, Bengaluru, The sample size was 29. Result: Findings shows the outcome of paired t test on knowledge scores and statistical significance. Out of maximum score 24, mean was 10.06, SD was 3.34, Mean % was 41.91, and paired t test value found as 16.20, which was found to be significant at 0.05 level. Conclusion: The study concludes that majority of the student gained adequate knowledge regarding diversion procedure and stoma care after the workshop based teaching. It proves that the workshop based teaching was effective in improving the knowledge among the B.Sc. nursing students.

Keywords: Knowledge; Diversion Procedure; Stoma Care; Workshop Based Teaching.