Abstract: The purpose of this research article is to assess the effectiveness of a structured teaching program on knowledge regarding geriatric care among the gerontological nurses working in selected old age homes in Kanyakumari district. The author conducted a literature search on geriatric care followed by a quasi-experimental study among 60 gerontological nurses and thoroughly scrutinized the effectiveness of structured teaching programme regarding knowledge on geriatric care. The study also assessed the level of knowledge regarding geriatric care among gerontological nurses and determined the association between pre - test knowledge score on geriatric care with selected baseline characteristics. Analysis was made using various tolls like frequency and percentage, mean, standard deviation, paired‘t’ test, and chi- square test. The result showed that there is a significant difference with a (paired) ‘t’ value of 23.413 at (p<0.001) levels and it reveals a significant gain in knowledge among gerontological nurses following the structured teaching programme on geriatric care . The study reveals that if the structured teaching program given effectively it would improve the skills of gerontological nurses in geriatric care.
Keywords: Geriatric Nursing, Gerontological Nurses, Geriatrics Care, Care of Elderly; Effectiveness of Structured Teaching Programme on Geriatric Care; Knowledge of Gerontological Nurses.
Title: A Study to Assess the Effectiveness of Structured Teaching Programme Regarding Knowledge on Geriatric Care Among the Gerontological Nurses Working in Selected Old Age Homes in Kanyakumari District
Author: Mrs. Antony Rose Aby
International Journal of Interdisciplinary Research and Innovations
ISSN 2348-1226 (online), ISSN 2348-1218 (print)
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