Descriptive Study to Assess the Knowledge of B.Sc. Interns Regarding Biomedical Waste Management in Selected Colleges of Nursing, Punjab

Material and Method A descriptive research approach and design was used to assess knowledge of B.Sc. Nursing Interns. A total sample of 150 students was taken through the research study. Self structured questionnaire was used for collection of data. The data was collected by adopting a purposive sampling technique. Descriptive and Inferential statistics were used to analyse the data. The findings of present study revealed that out of 150 subjects, 68.66 of the subjects have adequate knowledge and 31.33 of the subjects have inadequate knowledge. Study concluded that majority of students were having good knowledge about Biomedical Waste ManagementResults 68.66 subjects of the study were having adequate knowledge and 31.33 subjects of the study were having indequate knowledge regarding Biomedical Waste Management. B.Sc.Nursing students studying in government colleges of nursing have higher knowledge 73.33 than students studying in private college of nursing 61.66 .Conclusion Most of the B.Sc. Nursing Interns studying in nursing colleges of Punjab is having adequate knowledge about Biomedical Waste Management. Majority of subjects studying in private colleges of nursing are having adequate knowledge. The study included total of 60 subjects from private college of nursing, out of which 37 subjects have adequate knowledge and rest 23 subjects have inadequate knowledge regarding Biomedical Waste Management. Rizwan Khan | Gurpreet Brar | Harpreet Kaur "Descriptive Study to Assess the Knowledge of B.Sc. Interns Regarding Biomedical Waste Management in Selected Colleges of Nursing, Punjab" Published in International Journal of Trend in Scientific Research and Development (ijtsrd), ISSN: 2456-6470, Volume-8 | Issue-2 , April 2024, URL: https://www.ijtsrd.com/papers/ijtsrd64667.pdf Paper Url: https://www.ijtsrd.com/medicine/nursing/64667/descriptive-study-to-assess-the-knowledge-of-bsc-interns-regarding-biomedical-waste-management-in-selected-colleges-of-nursing-punjab/rizwan-khan