Effectiveness of Structured Teaching Programme on Knowledge Regarding Post Exposure Prophylaxis Following Needle Stick Injury among B. Sc Nursing Students

Background and Objective: A needle stick injury is a percutaneous piercing wound typically set by aneedle point, but possibly also by other sharp instruments or objects. Needle stick injuries are more commonamong health workers during night shifts, and for less experienced people, fatigue, high work load, highpressure, or high perception of risk can all increase the chances of needle stick injury. The present study wasconducted with an Objective, to evaluate the effectiveness of structured teaching programme on knowledgeregarding post exposure prophylaxis following needle stick injury among B. Sc Nursing students. Methodsand Materials: Approach was quantitative approach. The study design was Quasi experimental one grouppre test post test design. 157 samples were included in the study by using convenience sampling technique.The knowledge of nursing students regarding post exposure prophylaxis following needle stick injury wereassessed before and after the implementation of education programme. The data was collected by usingsemistructured knowledge questionnaire. Post test was done seven days after the intervention. Results:Application of paired t test revealed a statistically significant increase in knowledge score regarding postexposure prophylaxis following needle stick injury after the implementation of the education programme(t= 9.40, p<0.001). There was a significant increase in the knowledge of each components of post exposureprophylaxis also. Conclusion: Based on the study findings it was concluded that the education programmewas effective in improving the knowledge level of nursing students regarding post exposure prophylaxisfollowing needle stick injury.