A study to assess the effectiveness of Self-instructional Module on knowledge regarding ABG among student nurses in selected college of city

Arterial blood gas analysis is a basic and useful laboratory test for the critical care of patient. ABG is an essential investigation for assessing clinical oxygenation and acid base status in critically ill patient, providing information about ventilation, oxygenation and acid base status, the three closely and interrelated physiological parameters that maintain pH homeostasis. Among student Nurses in selected college of city. An arterial blood Gas (ABG) tests explicitly blood taken from an artery ABG analysis assesses a patient’s partial pressure of oxygen (PaO2) and carbon dioxide (PaCO2). The objectives of study were to assess existing level of knowledge regarding ABG analysis among the students nurses in selected college, Assess the post test knowledge regarding the ABG analysis among the student nurses in selected college, to assess the effectiveness of SIM on ABG analysis among the students nurses in Selected college, to find out the association between post-test levels of knowledge with selected Demographic level. A structured questionnaire to collect the knowledge score was use for data collection and the analysis was done with the help of inferential and descriptive statistics. The data collection was done from 60 samples from basic BSc nursing 3rd year students. The pre test shows 26.67% of the nursing student had poor level of knowledge score, 58.33% had average and 15% had good level of knowledge score. The post test shows 5% nursing student had average level of knowledge score 35% had good and 60% of nursing student have excellent level of knowledge score. The calculated t value is 15.07 are much higher than the tabulated value at 5% level of significance. Hence it is statistically interpreted that the self-instructional module on knowledge regarding ABG analysis among nursing students was effective