“A comparative study to evaluate the effectiveness of structured teaching programme and video assisted teaching programme on knowledge regarding biomedical waste management among B.Sc. nursing 2nd year students at Govt. Nursing College Kabirdham (C.G.)” In this study the sample size was 36 students (structured teaching programme group 18 students, video assisted teaching programme group 18). The sampling technique used was probability simple random (lottery method) sampling technique. The research design adopted for the study was two groups pretest and posttest quasi experimental research design. The tool developed was structured knowledge questionnaire consist of two section. (A) Socio demographic data and section (B) structured knowledge questionnaire. Descriptive and inferential statistics were used to analyze the obtained data. Results shows that there is no significant association between pretest knowledge of B.Sc. nursing 2nd year students with selected socio demographic variables at the level of p < 0.05. Finding related to the structured teaching programme the posttest mean score 25.16, standard deviation + 3.25 and video assisted teaching programme the posttest mean score 24.44, standard deviation +3.91. Between the structured teaching programme and video assisted teaching programme the posttest mean differences 0.72 and ‘t” test value is 0.60 degree of freedom 34 at the level of p < 0.05. Which shows that there is significant difference between level of knowledge through structured teaching programme and video assisted teaching programme regarding biomedical waste management among B.Sc. nursing 2nd year students.

Keywords: Biomedical Waste Management; lottery method; Video-assisted.