An Experimental Study to Evaluate the Effectiveness of STP on Attitude of Staff Nurses Regarding Bio Medical Waste Management at Selected Hospitals of Indore, M.P
Journal Title: Scholars Journal of Arts, Humanities and Social Sciences - Year 2017, Vol 5, Issue 10
Abstract
Abstract:Everyday nearly one tonne of bio-medical waste are getting mixed with municipal waste posing serious health hazards in Indore, M.P. This City generates around 3tonnes of bio-medical waste per day out of which only 2tonnes of it is getting disposed properly, while one tonne mainly generated from dispensaries and clinics are mixing with MSW of the city. Training of the various healthcare professionals with respect to biomedical waste management is incorporated in curricula as well as job orientation programs. However, evidence from various parts of India suggests that, gaps in knowledge and lacunae in attitudes and practices are still prevalent to a worrying extent among the various categories of healthcare professionals. This being a matter of concern, a study was conducted to evaluate the effectiveness of STP on staff nurses attitude with respect to biomedical wastes in selected Hospitals of Indore, M.P. The research design was pre experimental one group pretest posttest design. Non probability convenient sampling method was used for the selection of samples. The instrument for the data collection was a 5 point Likert scale for attitude. Total 30 staff nurses were involved from Index Hospital, Indore, and MP. Results: The mean posttest level of attitude is significantly higher than the mean pretest attitude scores that is 91.67% posttest and 54.17% pretest with paired t= 43.43 (at P<0.0001 level of significance) and it is significant. By conventional criteria, this difference is considered to be extremely statistically significant. Statistical significance was calculated by using student’s paired‘t’ test. Overall 37.5 percent of attitude gain is the net benefit of this study, which indicates the effectiveness of structured teaching programme. The major findings indicated that Staff nurses had Unfavourable (Negative) attitude in various aspects of BMW Management before administration of STP. Later they shown Favourable (positive) attitude in all the categories of BMW Management. Structured teaching Programme was found to be a very effective method of enhancing favourable attitude regarding BMW management among staff nurses. Keywords:Experimental study, BMW Management, Indore MP, Attitude, Staff Nurses, Structured Teaching Programme (STP).
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Sheikh Javed Ahmad, Dr. MS. Vinsi
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