A Quasi-Experimental Study To Assess The Effectiveness Of Structured Teaching Programme On Knowledge Regarding ABG Analysis And Its Interpretation Among Nursing Officers, BLK-MAX Super Speciality Hospital, New-Delhi

Abstract

An arterial blood gas (ABG) is a blood test that measures the levels of many different gases in oxygen-rich blood. Some of these levels are measured directly while others are calculated from the measurements of other gases. ABG analysis is an essential investigation for Medical Surgical patients for diagnosis and managing patient’s oxygen status and acid base balance. So it is necessary for all health care professionals to have adequate knowledge and skill to perform it. The aim of study was to assess the effectiveness of Structured Teaching Programme on Knowledge regarding ABG analysis and its interpretation among Nursing Officers, BLK-MAX Super Speciality Hospital, New- Delhi. Quantitative research approach was used with Quasi-experimental one group Pre-test Post-test design. Study population was nursing officers of BLK-Max Super Speciality Hospital New-Delhi. Convenience sampling technique was used to select sample. Sample size was 100 Nursing Officers. The data was collected through self-structured knowledge questionnaire. The findings of the study revealed that mean Post-test knowledge score 31.13 with Standard Deviation 2.926 was significantly higher than mean pre-test knowledge score 25.76 with Standard Deviation 3.400 as evident by paired ‘t’ test  (p value-<0.001*) at 0.05 level of significance. It showed that structured teaching programme was effective to enhance knowledge regarding ABG Analysis and its interpretation among nursing officers.Thus, the researcher concluded that structured teaching programme was highly effective to enhance the knowledge regarding ABG analysis and its interpretation among nursing officers.