Effectiveness of Structured Teaching Programme Regarding Phlebitis Associated with Peripheral Intravenous Cannulation Among Nurses Working in Selected Wards of BPKIHS

Abstract

Background and objective: Factors significantly associated with the occurrence of phlebitis are underlying risk for any nosocomial infection. A study was conducted to assess the effectiveness of structured teaching programme regarding phlebitis associated with peripheral intra venous cannulation among nurses working in Selected Wards of BPKIHS,“a tertiary level medical university in Nepal” Methods: The research design used for this study was one group pre-test and one post-test design. Fifty nurses were selected by non-probability convenient sampling technique. The data were collected in before and after educational intervention to assess the pretest and posttest knowledge about the phlebitis associated with peripheral intravenous cannulation. The data were analyzed and interpreted by descriptive and inferential statistics. Results and Conclusion: Findings of the study shows that the highest percentage of respondents was in age group < 35 (70%). The mean score of pretest knowledge was found to be 19.80 with Standard Deviation is 3.24 and mean score of posttest knowledge was found to 24.12 with SD 2.63. The difference on knowledge of pretest and posttest was found to be significant (p= 0.001).Pretest knowledge score of nurses was less regarding phlebitis associated with peripheral intravenous cannulation. After implementation of structural teaching programme the knowledge score of Nursing Staffs was improved. So it can be concluded that educational intervention was effective. Keywords: Effectiveness, Nurses, Phlebitis, Structured teaching programme