An Evaluative Study to determine the Effectiveness of Multimodal Teaching Program on Bone Marrow Transplantation upon learning outcome among Staff Nurses at selected Hospitals, Chennai

Background: A bone marrow transplant replaces diseased or damaged bone marrow with healthy hematopoietic stem cells, often after chemotherapy or radiation. In cancer treatment, donor white blood cells can also help eliminate residual cancer cells through an immune-mediated effect.

Advances in transplantation have improved survival rates and life expectancy among patients. However, survival outcomes continue to vary depending on multiple factors.

Nurses play a crucial role in providing direct care to both adult and pediatric patients throughout the transplant process. Continuous education and regular training are essential to ensure nurses remain updated on current scientific practices and guidelines. Strengthening nurses’ knowledge and skills helps reduce post-transplant complications and improve patient outcomes.

Materials and Methods: A true experimental study was conducted at Apollo Cancer Centre, Chennai, with 60 registered nurses to assess the Effectiveness of a Multimodal Teaching Program on Bone Marrow transplantation. Structured Knowledge Questionnaire, OSCE Stations with Checklist to Assess the Skill and Rating scale on staff nurses' acceptability towards the educational package on Bone Marrow Transplantation was used to collect data from all registered nurses who met the inclusion criteria.

Result: The study revealed that, in the Control group, 60% of them had moderately adequate knowledge in the pre-test and post-test tests. Whereas, in the Experimental group, 60% of staff Nurses had moderately adequate knowledge in the pre-test and after providing a Multimodal teaching Program on BMT, most of the staff nurses (80%) had adequate knowledge. The level of acceptability of the Multimodal Teaching Program on Bone Marrow Transplantation was highly acceptable to the staff nurses in the experimental group (100%)

Conclusion:  The multimodal teaching program was effective in improving the knowledge and skill of staff nurses regarding Bone Marrow Transplantation. Multimodal teaching method is a powerful teaching tool that can be incorporated into nursing to improve the competency and performance of the staff nurses while taking care of patients with a need for Bone Marrow Transplantation.