Knowledge and Skill Regarding Intramuscular Injection Technique Among Nursing Students

Mrs. Mamta Toppo; Dr Ajit Dungdung; Dr. Ajay Kumar Bakhla

Volume : VIII, Issue : IV, April - 2019

Knowledge and Skill Regarding Intramuscular Injection Technique Among Nursing Students

Mrs. Mamta Toppo, Dr Ajit Dungdung, Dr. Ajay Kumar Bakhla

Abstract :

TITLE: Knowledge and Skill Regarding Intramuscular Injection Technique Among Nursing Students Aims: The aim of present study was to assess the knowledge and skill of student nurses about administrating intramuscular injections. Materials and Methods: Purposive non random purposive sampling was used to select the sample. The data collected during the month of July and August 2017 . among students of various nursing schools of Ranchi, using socio demographic data sheet, knowledge questions and skill checklist. Results: A total of 342 students participated the study with mostly (184) were in 20-22 years age groupand most of the nursing students were female n=334 (98%). On final scoring of tests, 34 were poor, 205 (59.94%) were average , 97 (28.36%) were good and 6 were excellent on the basis of their knowledge score. Similarly skill score scoring was good for 59.35% (n= 203) and 15.49% (n=53) were excellent. Conclusions: This study finds that nursing student have adequate knowledge and skill regarding intramuscular injection.