VAP is the second most common nosocomial infection after urinary tract infection in pediatric intensive care unit patients accounting for 20% of nosocomial infection in this population. VAP has been extensively studied in adults but there is great paucity of data of VAP in children especially in neonatal age. “A pre experimental study to evaluate the effectiveness of Self Instructional Module (SIM) on knowledge regarding VAP Bundle Practices in children among staff nurses at selected Hospitals, Kolhapur.” was conducted by the researcher.
Objectives
1. To assess the knowledge regarding VAP Bundle Practices in children among staff nurses.
2. To prepare and provide SIM on VAP Bundle Practices in children to the staff nurses.
3. To evaluate the effectiveness of SIM on knowledge regarding VAP Bundle Practices in children among staff nurses.
4. To determine the association between pre-test knowledge scores with the selected socio-demographic variables of staff nurses.
Methods
A pre experimental, one group pre test & post test research design was used, which consisted a group of 60 samples that were selected by using non-probability, purposive sampling technique. Data was collected by using structured knowledge questionnaire regarding VAP Bundle Practices. A SIM was administered to the samples at the end of the pre test and a post test was conducted 7 days after pre test and from administration of SIM.
Results
The result shows that, out of 60 staff nurses, in pre test, majority of participants 49 (81.67%) had average knowledge and 11 participants (18.33%) had poor knowledge and none had good knowledge, where as in post test 45 (75%) participants had good knowledge, 15 (25%) participants had average knowledge and none had poor knowledge. The calculated paired ‘t’ value (tcal = 19.56) is greater than tabulated value (ttab = 2.00). This indicates that the gain in knowledge score is statistically significant (P<0.05). These the findings revealed that the SIM on VAP Bundle Practices in children was effective in increasing the knowledge regarding VAP Bundle Practices in children among staff nurses. There is significant association between pre test knowledge scores and selected socio-demographic variables like gender [X2 cal= 4.16, X2 tab= 3.84], source of knowledge on VAP Bundle Practice [X2 cal= 26.27, X2 tab= 3.83], total clinical experience as a nurse (in years) [X2 cal= 23.46, X2 tab= 5.99].The calculated Chi-square values were higher than tabulated value. This indicates that there is significant association between pre test knowledge scores and selected socio-demographic variables (P><0.05)
