Authors : Dr. Snehal S. Patil (Ph.D. Nursing); Ms. Kiran Atram; Kusal Biswas; Prerna Chalkhure; Kalyani Dahangane; Sandhyarani Dasari

Volume/Issue : Volume 8 - 2023, Issue 6 - June

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DOI : https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.8093469

Abstract : Introduction : Nurses play important role in prevention of infection in hospital and community setting by proper handling , treatment and disposal of biomedical waste. Hence they need to be well trained about management of biomedical waste. This study has conducted by setting objectives, to assess effectiveness structure teaching programme on knowledge regarding biomedical waste management among first year UG nursing students and to find out association of post test knowledge score with selected demographic variables. Material and method : this study has been conducted on 40under graduate nursing students by using simple random technique. Pretest data has been collected by using structured questionnaires of 20 items on biomedical waste management (BMW) , followed by structure teaching programme on BMW and then post test was conducted on 7 th day after administrating structure teaching programme. Effectiveness of structure teaching programme was assessed by using t- test and one way ANOVA was used to find out association of post test knowledge score with selected demographic variables. overall knowledge regarding biomedical waste management which is greater than table t value at 0.05 level of significance. Post test knowledge score has not shown any significant association with selected demographic variable. Conclusion: The study concluded that structure teaching programme is effective and beneficial method to improve the knowledge of first year UG nursing students regarding biomedical waste management .