A Study to Assess the Effectiveness of Self Instructional Module on the Knowledge of Prevention of Nosocomial Infection among 2nd Year RGNM Students of Krishna Institute of Nursing Sciences at Karad

Background: Nowadays, the incidence of Nosocomial infection is increasing not only in India but also in other developed countries. Candida exist as normal flora on much of the human body, life-threatening invasive infections by these organism have increased in recent decades and causes of nosocomial blood stream infections worldwide. Ventilator associated pneumonia in childrens nosocomial sepsis is a serious problem for neonate.

Method: The study group comprised of (50) 2^nd year RGNM students of Krishna Institute of Nsg Sciences. An evaluator approach is used to assess the effectiveness of self instructional module among student nurses, Quasi experimental one group pre-test and post test design was used. Students were selected by using purposive random sampling technique.

Results: The mean knowledge score in relation to total knowledge score shows that in pretest 15.1 and in post test 21.62 by using students paired ‘t’ test significant difference is found in mean knowledge score in pre and post test i.e. t=6.52 and p=0.043 which is less than 0.05.

Conclusion: The overall knowledge mean in the pretest are 15.1 with standard deviation of 2.978 and in the post test 21.62 with standard deviation of 2.311.