Background: A needle stick injury is the penetration of the skin by a hypodermic needle or other sharp object that has been in contact with blood, tissue or other body fluids before the exposure. Even though the acute physiological effects of a needle stick injury are generally negligible, these injuries can lead to transmission of blood-borne diseases, placing those exposed at increased risk of infection from disease-causing pathogens, such as the hepatitis B virus (HBV), hepatitis C virus (HCV), and human immunodeficiency virus (HIV). In healthcare and laboratory settings globally, there are over 25 distinct types of blood-borne diseases that can potentially be transmitted through needle stick injuries to workers. In addition to needle stick injuries, transmission of these viruses can also occur as a result of contamination of the mucous membranes, such as those of the eyes, with blood or body fluids, but needle stick injuries make up more than 80% of all percutaneous exposure incidents in the United States. Various other occupations are also at increased risk of needle stick injury, including law enforcement, laborers, tattoo artists, food preparers, and agricultural workers. 1. Objectives: To assess the pre-test knowledge of student nurses regarding Prevention and Post exposure prophylaxis of needle stick injury. 2. To assess the post-test knowledge of student nurses regarding prevention and post exposure prophylaxis of needle stick injury. 3. To find out the association between the Pre-Test Knowledge Score of student nurses on prevention and post exposure prophylaxis of needle stick injury with Selected Demographic Variables. 4. To evaluate the effectiveness of structured teaching program by comparing pre-test and post-test knowledge score of student nurses on prevention and post exposure prophylaxis of needle stick injury. Material and Method Quasi-experimental design one group pre and post-test design was selected to evaluate the effectiveness of Structured Teaching Programme on knowledge regarding Prevention and post-exposure of NSI among nursing student at selected nursing colleges, Kanpur. Result: The mean pre-test knowledge score was 13.84, which increased to 23.4 in the post-test. The calculated t-value of 23.4 was significantly higher than the table value at the 0.05 level of significance, indicating that the educational intervention was highly effective in improving the knowledge of participants.
Needle stick injury, Nursing students, Structure Teaching Programme.
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