EFFECTIVENESS OF CAPACITY BUILDING PROGRAM FOR NURSE EDUCATORS ON IMPLEMENTATION OF NEWER PERSPECTIVES IN NURSING CURRICULUM

The study was conducted to assess the effectiveness of capacity building programs for nurse educators on implementation of newer perspectives in nursing curriculum. Objectives of the study were 1. To compare the pre and post test scores of the capacity building program for nurse educators on implementation of newer perspectives in nursing curriculum.2. To assess the opinion of the participants regarding the capacity building program for nurse educators on implementation of newer perspectives in nursing curriculum.3. To assess the effectiveness of the capacity building program for nurse educators on implementation of  newer perspectives in nursing curriculum. Materials and Methods: One group pretest-posttest research design was employed for this investigation. The study's sample comprised 63 nurse educators from different nursing institutes who registered and attended the capacity building program's sessions. The sample was chosen using non-probability convenient sampling. A pretest was used to assess the nurse educators' knowledge using Google Forms. Over the course of eleven weeks, a capacity-building program was implemented that includes expert sessions and practical sessions for implementation of newer perspectives in nursing curriculum via the ECHO India virtual platform. Google Forms was used for the post-test. Google forms were utilized to gather feedback and evaluate opinions, and the nurses' attendance records were used to determine their compliance. Both descriptive and inferential statistics were used to analyze the data. Result: The mean score of the posttest exceeded the mean score of the pretest in every session. At the 0.05 level of significance, the knowledge scores showed a substantial improvement. About 81% (Mean Score 22.18) of participants strongly agreed to the point that the knowledge provided on the topic was new and updated. Conclusion: The study's findings demonstrated that a capacity building program on newer perspectives in nursing curriculum. For nurse educators based on the ECHO model significantly effective in improving the knowledge of nurse educators.