• Sangeetha Sebastian
• Karishma Vinod
• Rosmi Thomas
• Meenu Peter
• Dr. Assuma Beevi T.M

This study was aimed in assessing the effectiveness of structured teaching programme on prevention of nosocomial infection among nursing students. The study was conducted at MIMS College of Nursing, Puthukode. A sample of 30 students from second year and fourth year BSc. Nursing were selected using convenience sampling technique. Methodology: Research design adopted for the study was pre- experimental one group pre-test post-test design. The data was collected by using a questionnaire on socio-demographic profile and a structured knowledge questionnaire on nosocomial infection followed by a planned teaching programme on “prevention of nosocomial infection” were administered to nursing students on second day. The post- test data was collected after one week. About 53.3% of the sample had good knowledge and 46.6% possessed average knowledge in pretest. After teaching programme (post-test) 93.3% possessed good knowledge and 6.66% had average knowledge. There was a significant association between knowledge regarding prevention of nosocomial infection and year of experience in the hospital environment. There was no association between knowledge with age, religion, type of family and residence.

Effectiveness, Structured Teaching Programme, Nosocomial Infection, Nursing Students

"EFFECTIVENESS OF STRUCTURED TEACHING PROGRAMME ON PREVENTION OF NOSOCOMIAL INFECTION AMONG NURSING STUDENTS", International Journal of Emerging Technologies and Innovative Research (www.jetir.org), ISSN:2349-5162, Vol.6, Issue 6, page no.486-489, June 2019, Available :http://www.jetir.org/papers/JETIR1906Z68.pdf

"EFFECTIVENESS OF STRUCTURED TEACHING PROGRAMME ON PREVENTION OF NOSOCOMIAL INFECTION AMONG NURSING STUDENTS", International Journal of Emerging Technologies and Innovative Research (www.jetir.org | UGC and issn Approved), ISSN:2349-5162, Vol.6, Issue 6, page no. pp486-489, June 2019, Available at : http://www.jetir.org/papers/JETIR1906Z68.pdf