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@article{182304,
        author = {DIPIKA PATEL and MAITRI MEHTA},
        title = {assess the effectiveness of  a planned teaching programme regarding prevention of urinary tract infection in patients with indwelling catheter in terms of knowledge and practice among staff nurses working in surgical wards , ahmedabad.},
        journal = {International Journal of Innovative Research in Technology},
        year = {2025},
        volume = {12},
        number = {2},
        pages = {1992-1997},
        issn = {2349-6002},
        url = {https://ijirt.org/article?manuscript=182304},
        abstract = {- Investigator conducted a study to assess the effectiveness of  a planned teaching programme regarding prevention of urinary tract infection in patients with indwelling catheter in terms of knowledge and practice among staff nurses working in surgical wards of selected hospitals, Ahmedabad. The objectives of the study were 1. To assess the knowledge of staff nurses regarding prevention of urinary tract infection in patient with indwelling catheter before and after administration of a Planned Teaching Programme. 2. To assess the practice of staff nurses regarding prevention of urinary tract infection in patient with indwelling catheter before and after administration of a Planned Teaching Programme. 3. To assess the effectiveness of Planned Teaching Programme regarding prevention of urinary tract infection in patients with indwelling catheter in terms of knowledge and practice among staff nurses.
Materials and Methods:  Pre-experimental approach was used with one group pretest-posttest design. The investigator used convenient sampling technique for selecting 60 samples. Planned teaching programme was developed on prevention of urinary tract infection in patients with indwelling catheter. Structured Knowledge Questionnaire and Observational Checklist was developed to assess the knowledge and practice regarding prevention of urinary tract infection in patients with indwelling catheter  among staff nurses working in surgical wards of selected hospitals, Ahmedabad
Results: Descriptive and Inferential statistics was used to analyzed the data. The mean post test knowledge score  22.65 is higher than the mean pretest knowledge score 14.61 and mean post test practice scores 10.46 is higher than the mean pretest practice score 6.37. in knowledge calculated t value is 30.48 and in practice calculated t value is 22.56 which was higher than tabulated value 2.00 at the 59 degree of freedom and at 0.05 level which was statistically significant so the null hypotheses were rejected and research hypotheses were accepted.  
Conclusion: it indicates that the Planned Teaching Programme was effective in increasing Knowledge And Practice of the Staff Nurses.},
        keywords = {Planned Teaching Programme, Prevention of Urinary Tract Infection in Patients with Indwelling Catheter, Knowledge, Practice, Staff Nurse},
        month = {July},
        }