A Study to Assess the Effectiveness of Structured Teaching Programme (STP) on Knowledge Regarding Cardiopulmonary Resuscitation (CPR) among B. Sc. Nursing Students in Selected Nursing Colleges of Punjab

A Quasi-experimental study with pre-test and post-test was conducted to assess the Effectiveness of Structured Teaching Programme (STP) on knowledge regarding Cardiopulmonary Resuscitation (CPR) among B. Sc. Nursing students in selected nursing colleges of Punjab. Quasi-experimental one group pre-test post-test experimental design was adopted for this study. A Structured Knowledge Questionnaire regarding CPR was prepared and used to collect the data. The data was analyzed and interpreted in terms of the objectives of the study. Descriptive and Inferential statistics were used for data analysis. Result of the study was that comparison of level of knowledge of pre-test and post-test shows that in pre-test majority of students lies in Average category i. e.60% B. Sc. Nursing students and in post-test majority of students lies in Good category i. e.96% B. Sc. Nursing students. Comparison of Mean, Standard Deviation and Standard Error Mean of pre-test and post-test knowledge scores shows that Pre-test mean score is 24.54 whereas in Post-test is 18.00 revealing the difference of 6.54 shows the effectiveness of STP. Paired ?t? test was calculated to assess the Pre-test and Post-test knowledge scores of B. Sc. Nursing students, the findings show highly significant difference of Pre-test and Post-test knowledge scores of B. Sc. Nursing students regarding Cardiopulmonary Resuscitation (CPR). It shows the Structured Teaching Programme (STP) is effective. Chi square was calculated to find out the association between the level of knowledge scores and demographic vary of the B. Sc. Nursing students, No significant association was found. The present study shows that the STP was effective in improving the knowledge regarding CPR among B. Sc. Nursing students.