Assess the Effectiveness of SIM on Knowledge Regarding Spinal Anesthesia Complication among Staff Nurses Working in Selected Hospitals Jalgaon

Ngangbam Dainarose Devi

Abstract: Spinal anesthesia have a risk or complication during the operating table or in post anesthesia care unit such as hypotension, post dural headache, bradycardia, etc. Based on the objectives of the study, 30 structured questionnaires on spinal anesthesia complication were prepared, evaluative approach, quasi experimental design and simple random sampling was used. Result: out of 60 sample in pre-test level of knowledge of staff nurses were having 65 % average, 31.67 % poor and 3.33 % good knowledge, in post-test the score of staff nurses were having 58.33 % average, 28.33 % good, 13.33 % poor knowledge.

Keywords: spinal anesthesia complication, self-instructional module, hypotension, post dural headache, bradycardia, staff nurse