The Effectiveness of Objective Structured Clinical Examination on Knowledge and Practice Regarding Hand Washing Technique among 1st Year B.SC Nursing Students
Abstract: Hand hygiene in the health care setting is considered as an important infection control measure in the prevention of hospital acquired infections. The objective structured clinical examination is used tohelp students to gain confidence to use their skills in their clinical work. A pre experimental one group pre test post test study was conducted to assess the effectiveness of objective structured clinical examination on knowledge and practice regarding Hand Washing Technique among 1st year B. SC Nursing students in selected College of Nursing, Tamil Nadu. Methods: The sample size comprise of 30 students. Convenient sampling technique was used to select the samples. Knowledge questionnaire consist of 45 multiple choice questions and Observational checklist. Results: In comparison of pre-test and post-test level of knowledge pre test mean score was 20 with the standard deviation of 3.52 and post test mean score was 30 with the standard deviation 4.1 and t value is 2.604 which shows highly significant at p
Keywords: Objective structured clinical examination, Practice, Hand Washing, Hospital acquired infections, nursing students, OSCE, nosocomial infection, hand hygiene
How to Cite?: Pradhiba S. P. M., "The Effectiveness of Objective Structured Clinical Examination on Knowledge and Practice Regarding Hand Washing Technique among 1st Year B.SC Nursing Students", Volume 10 Issue 2, February 2021, International Journal of Science and Research (IJSR), Pages: 1172-1174, https://www.ijsr.net/getabstract.php?paperid=SR21218150252, DOI: https://dx.doi.org/10.21275/SR21218150252