Effectiveness of Structured Teaching Programme (STP) on Knowledge Regarding Use of Braden Scale for Predicting Pressure Sore Risk Among B.Sc nursing first semester students in Shridevi College of Nursing, Tumkur
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 ‘t’ 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.
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 ‘t’ 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.