A Study to Assess the Effectiveness of Planned Teaching Programme on Knowledge and Practice Regarding Emergency Management of Head Injury Patients among Staff Nurses Working in ICU at Selected Hospitals

Introduction: Head injury is also called acquired traumatic brain injury and head trauma. Traumatic brain injury or head injury is an insult to the brain caused by an impact (e. g. - fall or car accident) internal damage (e. g. -gun shots or surgical intervention) or loss of oxygen. TBI may cause enduring physical, emotional, intellectual and social changes for the survivor. Objectives: 1. to assess the pre-test knowledge and practice score 2. to find out the effectiveness of planned teaching program on knowledge and practice 3. to find out association between pre-test knowledge score with selected demographic variables.4. to find out association between pre-test practice score with selected demographic variables. Methods and materials: The research approach used was evaluative approach and a quasi- experimental research design. Setting of the study: The setting was ICU staff nurses at selected hospitals with 60 samples selected by using simple random sampling. Description of tools: The Structured knowledge questionnaire and checklist was used to collect data from samples. Result and discussion: The analysis of mean, S. D. , and mean percentage of the knowledge score in pre-test and post-test revealed that the mean percentage in pre-test was 17.43 % where as in post test 21.08 %. The analysis of mean, S. D. , and mean percentage of the practice score in pre-test and post-test revealed that the mean percentage in pre-test was 10.56 % where as in post test 15.03 %. This shows that planned teaching programme on knowledge and practice regarding emergency management on head injury is effective.