A Quasi Experimental Study to Assess the Effect of Structured Teaching Program on Knowledge Regarding Various Empanelment Schemes among Student Nurses in Mohandai Oswal Hospital, Ludhiana, Punjab

Chronic illnesses and the financial burden imposed because of illness has been a major concern for policy makers in health sector. Cancer is among the top ones in the list of chronic illnesses especially in northern India. To combat the financial burden of cancer on society government has launched various empanelment schemes. Keeping in mind the importance of awareness regarding various schemes a research was conducted with topic "A quasi experimental study to assess the effect of structured teaching programme regarding empanelment schemes among student nurses in Mohan Dai Oswal college of nursing in Ludhiana. Objectives for the study were 1. To assess the pretest knowledge regarding empanelment schemes among students nurses in Mohan Dai Oswal College of nursing. 2. To assess the post test knowledge score regarding empanelment schemes among student nurses in Mohan Dai Oswal College of nursing. 3. To compare the pretest and post test knowledge score among the student nurses of Oswal College of nursing.4. To assess the relationship between the effectiveness of the structured teaching programme with selected variables. sample size was 60. A self structured questionnaire was developed to assess pre and post test knowledge score of student nurses. Results revealed that in pre test maximum 48(80%) of the subjects were having average knowledge while 10(16.6%) had poor knowledge followed by 2(3.3%) had good knowledge regarding empanelment schemes. No significant relationship was found with selected variables like age, year of class, type of course, parents education, type of job etc.