Background: Tracheostomy is indicated to facilitate weaning from mechanical ventilation by decreasing anatomical dead space, prevention/treatment of retained trachea-bronchial secretions, chronic upper airway obstruction and bypass acute upper airway obstruction. Objectives: The aim of this study was to assess the effectiveness of planned teaching programme on knowledge regarding tracheostomy care among staff nurses. Methods: The research approach used for the study was one group pre-test & post-test design. The setting was civil hospital Gwalior. With a sample of 10 staff nurse, pilot study was conducted, sample for the main study included 50 staff nurses on the basis of purposive sampling technique. A structured questionnaire was used to evaluate the knowledge regarding identification of learning disabilities among staff nurse. The reliability of the tool was established by split half technique and the reliability co-efficient were calculated to be 0.82. Result: The findings revealed that knowledge scores of nurses were inadequate before the administration of planned teaching program (PTP) on Tracheostomy, i.e., the mean score of the pre-test was 18.22. The PTP helped them to update their knowledge on tracheostomy care. The mean post-test knowledge of sample significantly increased about 32.95 after administration of STP. Conclusion: The result of the study indicated that staff nurse does not have adequate knowledge regarding tracheostomy care. This assessment project has helped the investigator to develop a PTP to improve the knowledge on tracheostomy care. The results have also shown that various demographic variable have significant association with respect to the knowledge of staff nurse regarding tracheostomy care.
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