Pre- Experimental Study to Assess the Effectiveness of Structured Teaching Programme on Knowledge Regarding Therapeutic Communication among Staff Nurses Working in Psychiatric Hospitals Chennai

Pre- experimental study to assess the effectiveness of structured teaching program on level of knowledge regarding therapeutic communication among staff nurses working in psychiatric hospitals, Chennai. Objectives were: 1) To assess the pre-test level of knowledge on therapeutic communication among nurses working in psychiatric hospitals. 2) To assess the post- test level of knowledge on therapeutic communication after structured teaching programme among nurses working in psychiatric hospitals. 3) To determine the effectiveness of structured teaching programme on level of knowledge regarding therapeutic communication among staff nurses.4) To associate the selected demographic variables with the level of therapeutic communication among staff nurses. Design: One group pre-test and post-test design was used. Research approach: is quantitative research approach. Samples were nurses who fulfilled the inclusive sampling criteria. Sample size is 70 sampling techniques is convenient sampling technique Major findings of the study was Pre-test examination shows low level of performance comparable with POs-test In pre-test their cumulative scores is 58%, In post-test method their cumulative scores is 88% In pre- test Mean was 58.82 and the standard deviation was 11.1. % In Post- test Mean was 88...469 and standard deviation was 16.1. The pair “t” value is significant at *P<0.O5 level. The Chi-square test reveals there was the one variable had significant association p=000*** was Medium of teaching English medium students shows a high level of performance in pre and post- test.