2024, Vol. 6, Issue 2, Part A

Background: Chemotherapy in its broadest sense, refers to the administration of medications, such as aspirin or penicillin, with the purpose of treating any condition. However, in common usage, chemotherapy specifically pertains to the use of drugs for the treatment of cancer. It is commonly abbreviated as "chemo."

Methodology: An evaluative approach with one group pretest posttest design was adopted for the study. The samples from the selected hospitals were selected using convenient sampling technique. The sample consisted of 60 staff nurses. The tools used for data collection was structured knowledge and attitude scale and teaching program was prepared for intervention.

Results: With regard to pretest level of awareness it shows that, maximum 41(68.3%) respondents were having average awareness, 11 (18.3%) respondents were having good awareness and remaining 8(13.3%) of respondents were having poor awareness. During post-test maximum 39 (65%) of respondents were having average awareness and 21(35%) of respondents were had good awareness. With regard to pretest level of attitude it shows that, majority 26(43.3%) respondents were having favorable attitude, 19(31.7%) of respondents were having non favorable attitude and remaining 15(25%) were having positive attitude. During post-test maximum 38 (63.3%) of respondents were having positive attitude, 20(33.3%) of respondents were had favorable attitude and 2(3.3%) of respondents were had non favorable attitude. The statistical paired ‘t’ implies that the difference in the pretest and post-test knowledge and attitude value was found statistically significant at 5% level (p<0.05) with a paired ‘t’ value of 18.12 and 8.59 respectively. There exists a statistical significance in the difference of awareness and attitude score indicating the positive impact of video assisted teaching program.

Conclusion: Video assisted teaching program was effective to enhance knowledge of staff nurses women regarding safe handling of chemotherapeutic drugs. Since a very few studies have been conducted regarding this topic in India, so the nurse researcher can take further studies on the same topic.