A Study to Assess the Effectiveness of Structured Teaching Programme on Knowledge regarding Legal Aspects in Forensic Psychiatry among Staff Nurses at Selected Hospital, Coimbatore

Punithavalli, P (2019) A Study to Assess the Effectiveness of Structured Teaching Programme on Knowledge regarding Legal Aspects in Forensic Psychiatry among Staff Nurses at Selected Hospital, Coimbatore. Masters thesis, PPG College of Nursing, Coimbatore.

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Abstract

STATEMENT OF THE PROBLEM: A study to assess the effectiveness of structured teaching programme on knowledge regarding legal aspects in forensic psychiatry among staff nurses at selected hospital, Coimbatore. OBJECTIVES: 1. To assess the level knowledge regarding legal aspects inforensic psychiatry among staff nurses. 2. To administer structured teaching programme regarding the legal aspects in forensic psychiatry among staff nurses. 3. To evaluate the effectiveness of structured teaching programme on level of knowledge regarding legal aspects in forensic psychiatry among staff nurses. 4. To find out the association between selected demographic variables with the post test knowledge score of staff nurses. HYPOTHESIS: There is a significant difference between pretest and post test scores of knowledge regarding forensic psychiatry among staff nurses. METHODOLOGY: The modified conceptual frame work for the present study was based on Wiedenbach’s Clinical Nursing Practice-A Helping Art Theory. Quasi experimental-one group pretest posttest design was adopted for the present study. The Structured Knowledge Questionnaire was developed to collect the data. Pilot study was conducted among 6 staff nurses and samples were selected by using simple random sampling to find the feasibility of the study. The main study was conducted at selected hospital, Bangalore among 50 staff nurses and the data collected was analyzed and interpreted based on descriptive and inferential statistics. RESULTS: The pretest mean was 15.22 and post test mean was 20.82 there was significant difference between the level of knowledge among the subjects in pretest and post test after implementation of STP (t=11.61 and p<= 0.05). STP was effective in improving knowledge. INTERPRETATION AND CONCLUSION: The present study attempted to assess the effectiveness of STP on knowledge regarding legal aspects in forensic psychiatry and found that the STP was effective in improving the knowledge of staff nurses.

Item Type: Thesis (Masters)
Additional Information: 301731003
Uncontrolled Keywords: Effectiveness, Structured Teaching Programme, Knowledge, Legal Aspects, Forensic Psychiatry, Staff Nurses, Selected Hospital, Coimbatore.
Subjects: NURSING > Psychiatric Nursing
Depositing User: Subramani R
Date Deposited: 02 Jan 2022 16:27
Last Modified: 02 Jan 2022 16:27
URI: http://repository-tnmgrmu.ac.in/id/eprint/18944

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