Effectiveness of Lecture Cum Demonstration Method on Knowledge and Skill Regarding Cranial Nerve Assessment among Under Graduate Nursing Student In Selected Nursing College

Aim of the study: The study aims to find the effectiveness of lecture cum demonstration method on knowledge and skill regarding cranial nerve assessment among under graduate nursing student in selected nursing college Objectives of study 1. To assess existing knowledge and skill regarding cranial nerve assessments among under graduates students of selected nursing college.2. To evaluate effectiveness of lecture cum demonstration method regarding cranial nerve assessments among under graduates students of selected nursing college.3. To find out association between pre-test knowledge score with their selected demographic variables. Method: Quasi experimental one group pre-test post test design and quantitative approach was carried out on 60 nursing students selected by simple random sampling technique to test effectiveness of lecture cum demonstration method. The data was collected by using structured questionnaire consists of 30 items. Results: The presents study evaluates and found that demographic variables, Majority 38 (63.33 %) of subject were in the age group of 18-21 years, Majority 42 (70 %) of nursing students were females, Majority 37 (62.67 %) of subjects were not having any previous knowledge, Majority 14 (60.87 %) of subjects were having knowledge from books, 07 (30.43 %), Majority the subjects 30 (50.00 %) were belongs to urban area. Interpretation and conclusion: The data were analysed by applying descriptive and inferential statistics. The result of the study indicated that after intervention there was an improvement in the knowledge and they gain good knowledge and skill about cranial nerve assessment. Analysis data shows that highly significance difference found between the pre -test and post- test knowledge scores at the level of (P