ARIVUMATHI. K,ASHMICA, V.M,BHUVANESHWARI. V,DEEPA. L,PRASANA KUMAR E,VICTOR DEVASIRVADAM. D
DOI: https://doi.org/The current study was carried out to assess the effectiveness of structured teaching program on early signs and immediate treatment of myocardial infarction among Vth semester, B. Sc. Nursing in Arulmigu Meenakshi College of Nursing at Kanchipuram. In this study, data analysis showed that frequency and percentage distribution of the samples based on the demographic variables like age, gender, religion, marital status, residence, medium of education and type of family. The percentage distribution of students according to - age, 9(9%) were belonged to 18-19 years and 91(91%) were belonged to 19-20 years. Further, in gender, 23(23%) were belonged to male and 77 (77%) were belonged to female, religion, 11(11%) were belonged to Christianity, 87(87%) were belonged to Hinduism, 1(1%) was belonged to Islam and 1(1%) was belonged to others, and marital status, 4(4%) were belonged to married and 96(96%) were belonged to unmarried. Further, in residence level, 51(51%) were belonged to urban, 41(41%) were belonged to rural and 8(8%) were belonged to semi-urban, medium of education, 87(87%) were belonged to English and 13(13%) were belonged to Tamil, and type of family, 79(79%) were belonged to nuclear family and 21(21%) were belonged to joint family. Moreover, the pre-test knowledge on early signs and immediate treatment of myocardial infarction obtained by the samples include 42(42%) had inadequate knowledge, 43(43%) had moderate knowledge and 15(15%) had adequate knowledge. On the other hand, the post-test knowledge on early signs and immediate treatment of myocardial infarction obtained by the samples include 11(11%) had inadequate knowledge, 30 (30%) had moderate knowledge and 59(59%) had adequate knowledge on early signs and immediate treatment of myocardial infarction. The improvement in the level of knowledge among the B.Sc. Nursing V semester students after structured teaching program on early signs and immediate treatment of myocardial infarction indicated that the program was effective. There was significant difference between the pre-test and post-test level of knowledge.
