• Ms. Asmat Parveen
• Ms. Anjum Khursheed
• Ms. Rumysa Yousuf
• Mr. Peer Zada Yawar Ashraf
• Mr. Mohsin Saleem, Mr. Fayzan Ahmad Parra ,Mr. Yawar Maqbool

Oxygen therapy is widely used in health care of patients with respiratory insufficiency (COVID-19), so the nurse who is caring for patients under oxygen therapy must have good knowledge regarding it. The study was aimed to assess the effectiveness of educational intervention on knowledge of staff nurses regarding oxygen therapy for COVID-19 patients. Methods of data collection procedure: A pre-experimental one group pre-test post-test design was adopted for the study. The sample for the present study comprised of 40 staff nurses from GMC Anantnag and associated Hospital. The samples for the present study were selected by non-probability convenient sampling technique. A structured questionnaire regarding knowledge on oxygen therapy for COVID-19 patients was used to collect the data. The data obtained was analyzed and interpreted in terms of the objectives of the study. Results: This study reveals that all the study subjects belong to the age group >23. Only 20% subjects are males and rest 80% subjects are females. 45% of study subjects have 2 years of clinical experience, while 25% have less than 2 years of experience and 30% have more than 2 years of clinical experience. Majority (87.5%) of the study subjects has information regarding oxygen therapy from clinical experience and 50% of study subjects were exposed to COVID- 19. Pre-test knowledge score revealed that 70% of the study subjects had inadequate knowledge, 30% subjects had moderate knowledge while 0% subjects had adequate knowledge regarding oxygen therapy for COVID-19 patients. Post-test knowledge score revealedthat 7.5% study subjects had inadequate knowledge, 32.5% study subjects had moderate knowledge and 60% study subjects had adequate knowledge regarding oxygen therapy for COVID-19 patients. This indicates that the mean post-test knowledge scores i.e. 84.2% is higher than the mean pre-test knowledge scores i.e. 62.2%. The obtained value of t is 42.78 at p<0.01 level of significance.

Effectiveness; educational intervention; staff nurses; oxygen therapy; COVID-19.

"A study to assess the effectiveness of Educational Intervention on knowledge regarding oxygen therapy for COVID-19 patients among staff nurses of selected hospitals of Kashmir.", International Journal of Emerging Technologies and Innovative Research (www.jetir.org), ISSN:2349-5162, Vol.9, Issue 6, page no.c173-c186, June-2022, Available :http://www.jetir.org/papers/JETIR2206221.pdf

"A study to assess the effectiveness of Educational Intervention on knowledge regarding oxygen therapy for COVID-19 patients among staff nurses of selected hospitals of Kashmir.", International Journal of Emerging Technologies and Innovative Research (www.jetir.org | UGC and issn Approved), ISSN:2349-5162, Vol.9, Issue 6, page no. ppc173-c186, June-2022, Available at : http://www.jetir.org/papers/JETIR2206221.pdf