Structured Teaching Program on Assisted Reproductive Technology among Nursing Students

Nurses play the vital role in fertility healthcare team and assume responsibilities for health assessment, client education and treatment. As nursing students are the bright future of nursing profession; they must have the adequate knowledge regarding assisted reproductive technology to accomplish their role adequately. This study aimed to evaluate the effectiveness of structured teaching program on knowledge regarding assisted reproductive technology among B.Sc nursing 4th year and G.N.M 3rd year students of PIPRAMS, Greater Noida, Uttar Pradesh. Non-randomized control group design was used. 60 samples (30 B.Sc nursing 4th year & 30 GNM 3rd year) were chosen & divided into experimental and control group by purposive sampling technique. Pre test was conducted from both the experimental and control group. On the same day structured teaching program was administered to the experimental group and no treatment was given to the control group. On 7th day after structured teaching program post test was conducted from both the groups. The findings revealed that mean post-test knowledge score of experimental group was higher than the control group i.e. 21.60 & 14.60 respectively. Mean difference between two was 7, ?t? value was 4.2807 & ?p? value was less than 0.0001 which was significant.