A PRE-EXPERIMENTAL STUDY TO ASSESS THE EFFECTIVENESS OF STRUCTURED TEACHING PROGRAMME ON KNOWLEDGE REGARDING ECTOPIC PREGNANCY AMONG NURSING STUDENTS AT SELECTED NURSING COLLEGES OF MEHSANA DISTRICT

Author Name: 1. Niki Patel, 2. Mukhi Simran, 2. Senma Piyush, 2. Rathwa Sunita, 2. Parmar Jilesh, 2. Ranuva Hitesh

Volume/Issue: 05/03

Country: India

DOI NO.: 08.2020-25662434 DOI Link: https://doi-ds.org/doilink/08.2024-67663333/UIJIR

Affiliation:

1. HOD of Medical Surgical Nursing department, Merchant Nursing College, Basna, Mehsana, Gujarat, India.
2. 3rd Year B.sc Nursing student, Merchant Nursing College, Basna, Mehsana, Gujarat, India.

ABSTRACT

INTRODUCTION: Ectopic pregnancy or Extra uterine pregnancy, accepted from the Greek word “ektopos” meaning out of the place, refers to the blastocyst implantation outside the uterine cavity endometrium with over 95.5% implanting in the fallopian tube. Overall, ectopic pregnancies annually affect less than 2% of pregnancies worldwide. Most ectopic pregnancies (90%) occur in the fallopian tube, which are known as tubal pregnancies, but implantation can also occur on the cervix, ovaries, caesarean scar, or within the abdomen. DESIGN: A quantitative approach using pre-experimental one group pre-test post-test design. PARTICIPANTS: 60Nursing students were selected using Probability- Simple Random sampling technique in selected colleges of Mehsana district. INTERVENTIONS: Structured teaching programme was given to the Nursing students. TOOL: Self Structured Questionnaire was used to assess the level of Knowledge on Ectopic Pregancy among Nursing students. RESULTS: In this study overall Among the 60 Nursing students, the majority of 57(95%) Nursing students belong to the age group 18-20 years, majority 32(53%) of Nursing students were female, majority 58(97%) were belongs to hindu religion, equally ratio 30(50%) of ANM stream students and 30(50%) of GNM stream students, majority 44(74%) of Nursing students living in joint family, majority 41(68%) Nursing students were not attended Ectopic pregnancy programme, majority 23(39%) Nursing students had previous information about Ectopic pregnancy through source of part of curriculum. CONCLUSION: The findings of the study revealed that Structured teaching programme helps in improving knowledge regarding Ectopic Pregnancy among Nursing students.

Key words: Assess, Knowledge, Prevalence, Structured teaching programme, Nursing students, Ectopic Pregnancy.