A study to assess the effectiveness of planned teaching programme on knowledge and attitude of nurses regarding sensory alterations in patients admitted in ICU of selected hospitals of Pune city

Florence Nightingale stressed in her theory that health is the ability to adjust to or evolve with environmental changes. The relative state of wellness or illness is dependent upon the degree of balance between client system and the external environment. However, hospital environments, and specifically Intensive Care Units (ICUs), lead patients, experiencing a range of adverse psychological reactions which continue to cause distress for many months after discharge from hospital. Aim of the study: The main aim of the study was to assess the effectiveness of planned teaching programme on knowledge and attitude of nurses regarding sensory alterations in patients admitted in ICU of selected hospitals of Pune city Methodology: Quantitative approach was adopted. Quasi-experimental design was used Non probability convenience sampling technique was used. Data collected on 100 sample. The tool prepared as Demographic data A questionnaire and An Attitude scale [Likert type]. Result: Result showed that 66%of nurses had poor knowledge score regarding sensory alterations in patients admitted in ICU, before planned teaching programme. But there was significant increase in knowledge level of nurses after planned teaching programme regarding sensory alterations in patients admitted in ICU. attitude of nurses regarding sensory alterations in patients admitted in ICU was statistically analyzed by using frequency, percentage, mean and standard deviation. The results specified that 91% of nurses had positive attitude regarding sensory alterations. Maximum nurses were showing positive attitude before planned teaching programme. But maximum nurses were showing strong positive attitude after planned teaching programme regarding sensory alterations in ICU patients. Conclusion: Study concluded that correlation value between Knowledge and attitude in post-test is- 0.55781 which shows that there is strong positive correlation between Knowledge and attitude in post-test. In both the cases correlation is positive which is expected and relation increases with increase in knowledge.