A Student to Assess the Effectiveness of a Planned Teaching Programme on Knowledge Regarding Electroconvulsive Therapy among the 3rd Year B.Sc. Nursing Students in Selected Nursing Colleges at Udaipur, Rajasthan

Students nurses faces low knowledge of ECT and it affect on students nurse in psychiatric clinical practices. Systematic teaching, focus on mental health department of nursing, the right support and intervention by the help of nursing colleges teaching staff are help to improve knowledge of nursing students regarding ECT. OBJECTIVES: To assess the existing knowledge of III year B. Sc (N) students regarding Electro Convulsive Therapy.2. To prepare and intervene planned teaching programme on Electro Convulsive Therapy.3. To evaluate effectiveness of planned teaching programme.4. To find out the relationship between pre test and post test scores knowledge of III year B. Sc (N) students regarding ECT with selected variables. METHOD The method adopted for the present study was evaluative approach as the study aimed at assessing the knowledge of 60 3rd year nursing students in selected nursing colleges of Udaipur. This approach would help the investigator to evaluate the effect of specific intervention that is structured self administered questionnaire on the variable that is ‘Knowledge’ of III year B. Sc (N) students regarding electro convulsive therapy in selected nursing colleges at Udaipur. In this study samples was drawn by using non probability purposive sampling method. Data was collected by using structured knowledge questionnaire. RESULTS: The knowledge of Electroconvulsive Therapy in the III year B. Sc. nursing students was assessed. The calculated value is greater than the table value at 0.05 levels. Hence the research hypothesis (H1) is accepted that there is a significant difference between pre test& post test knowledge score. There is an association between pre test knowledge score with selected demographic variables, hence the research hypothesis (H2) is accepted. CONCLUSION planned teaching programme is effective. The demographic variables of III year B. Sc. nursing students significantly associated with the pre test knowledge score.