A study to assess the effectiveness of mental health nursing clinical competency model on academic performance among nursing students on selected college of nursing

Clinical competency encompassing knowledge, skill is crucial for safe and effective health care is essential for improving quality of care, patient safety and to improve the outcome. It aims to improve the academic performance of nursing students by enhancing their practical skill and knowledge in the field of mental health nursing. The study was conducted to assess the effectiveness of mental health nursing clinical competency model on academic performance among nursing students at selected college of nursing. A pre experimental one group pre-test, post-test research design was adopted for the study and 50 nursing students who meet inclusive criteria were selected by using probability sampling technique. The level of knowledge and skill was assessed by using modified clinical competency evaluation Mental Health Nursing checklist which includes general competency and specific competency using a likert scale of 5 from “always to never” for 45 minutes were spent for collecting data. The investigator gathered nursing students in a comfortable room and conducted video assisted teaching program (VATP) which includes teaching aims of cognitive, emotional and specific students abilities. After 7 days post-test was conducted with the same tool. The study findings showed that the pretest mean score of academic performance was 72.76 with standard deviation 19.02 and posttest mean score was 93.10 with standard deviation of 16.95. The mean difference score was 20.34. The calculated paired “t” test value of 8.298 which highly revealed that there was a statistically difference between pre-test and post-test level at skill p<0.05.