Introduction: Counseling is a process of assistance extended by an expert in an individual situation to needy person. The adjustment difficulties of college students have been an emerging issue. Many studies have proved that the adjustment difficulties like appetite disturbance, concentration problems and depression are most evident in freshmen. To help college students in resolving their adjustment issues, we made efforts in the form of establishing a counseling system to provide intervention to the students, so that their social and emotional problems did not interfere with their academic performances.1 Aim and Objective: The aim and objectives of the study laid down to improve knowledge regarding student counseling among teachers with assess the effectiveness of self-instructional module (SIM) on knowledge regarding student counseling among teachers and to associate the knowledge score with selected demographic variables. Methodology: Based on the objectives of the study, demographic data and structured knowledge questionnaire are prepared to evaluate the knowledge of student counseling before and after treatment (self-instructional module). The data collected was analyzed with the help of descriptive and inferential statistics. Result: The sample consisted of 60 nursing teachers working in the selected nursing colleges of city. The study reveals, mean pretest knowledge score was so less and the mean post-test knowledge was more than pretest which indicates, the self-instructional module on knowledge regarding student counseling among nursing teachers was effective.

Keywords: Student counseling; Nursing teachers; Self-instructional module (SIM).