A study to assess the effectiveness of computer assisted teaching programme on knowledge regarding modes of mechanical ventilator among staff nurses in

Introduction: Mechanical ventilator support is one of the major supportive modalities used in intensive care. The nurse requires knowledge about the indications, modes and settings of ventilator and different aspects of nursing care. Methodology: A Quantitative research approach and one group pre-test – post-test research design was selected. The study includes 60 staff nurses selected by convenient sampling technique. The study was conducted in Narayana Medical College and General Hospital at Nellore. Structured questionnaire was used to collect the data by period of 4weeks schedule. Results: The results revealed that, there was a significant difference between mean pre-test scores and mean post test scores of knowledge regarding modes of mechanical ventilator among staff nurses. Major finding of the study the ‘t’ value for the experimental group knowledge on pre test 10 that the mean of the pre-test knowledge scores is 12.83 and the standard deviation 3.9 while the mean of the post-test knowledge scores is 24.2 and the standard deviation is 4.5 the calculated ‘t’ value (14.05*) is higher than the table value (2.00) at 0.05% level of significance. Conclusion: the study concluded that, the knowledge on modes of mechanical ventilator was effective and improved the level of knowledge among staff nurses.