Authors : Shreya Vaz, kavya BS
Volume : 1
Issue : 3
Year : 2025
Page No : 9
BACKGROUND: Skin is the largest organ covering the entire outside of the body. Skin care is a fundamental component of basic patient care and reflects on the overall quality of care a patient receives in the hospital. Pressure ulcers have been described as one of the physically debilitating complications in the 20* century and it will increase the costs of health care. OBJECTIVES: 1.To assess the knowledge regarding use of Braden Scale for predicting pressure sore risk among B.Sc nursing first semester students.2.To evaluate the effectiveness of Structured Teaching Programme on knowledge regarding use of Braden Scale for predicting pressure sore risk among at B.Sc nursing first semester students in terms of gain in knowledge scores. 3.To find out an association between pre-test knowledge scores regarding use of Braden Scale for predicting pressure sore risk among B.Sc nursing first semester students and their selected socio-demographic variables. METHODS: A pre experimental one group pre-test post-test design was used. The sample size of 60 were selected by using Probability; simple random sampling technique. Data was collected from samples in Shridevi College of Nursing, Tumkur by means of structured knowledge questionnaire. The reliability of the tool was r =0.89 and analysis was done using descriptive and inferential statistics. RESULTS: The overall post-test knowledge scores of B.Sc nursing first semester students had Majority of 30(50%) with good knowledge, 20(33.33%) had poor knowledge and 10(16.66%) had average knowledge in the post-test, regarding use of Braden scale in predicting pressure sore risk. There was significant gain in knowledge score of 74.94% who were exposed to structured teaching programme. The paired âtâ test value (t cal=51.09*)was greater than the tabulated value (t tab' 2.000) for knowledge, hence proved that stated hypothesis i.e. mean post-test knowledge scores of Nursing students who have been exposed to structured teaching Programme will be significantly higher than the mean pre-test knowledge scores at 0 05 level of significance. CONCLUSION: The study concluded that structured teaching programme was more effective for student nurses to increase the knowledge regarding use of Braden scale in predicting pressure ulcer risk. KEYWORDS: Ulcer risk, structured teaching programme, knowledge, pressure.