EFFECTIVENESS OF STRUCTURED TEACHING PROGRAM ON KNOWLEDGE REGARDING CYBERBULLYING AMONG 3RD YEAR B.SC. NURSING STUDENTS

Background of the study: This present study was done under the topic A study to assess the effectiveness of structured teaching program on knowledge regarding Cyberbullying among 3nd year B.Sc. Nursing students studying at SCPM College of nursing and paramedical sciences, Gonda. Methods: A Pre-experimental one group pretest posttest design was adopted for this study. 30 B.Sc. nursing students were selected as samples using Non probability purposive sampling technique. Socio demographic variables, Structured knowledge questionnaire were used as tools to assess the knowledge. Results: In pretest, 80.0% of the samples had inadequate knowledge score, 20.00% of them had moderate level of knowledge score and none of them had adequate knowledge score regarding Cyber bullying. Whereas in posttest, none of them had inadequate level knowledge score, 26.67% of them had moderate level of knowledge score and 73.33% of them are had adequate level of knowledge score regarding Cyber bullying. Statistically there was a significant difference between pretest and post-test knowledge score regarding cyber-bullying at the level of P< 0.001. Conclusion: This study concluded that structured teaching program was found to be an effective teaching strategy in improving knowledge of nursing students regarding cyber bullying.