A STUDY TO ASSESS THE EFFECTIVENESS OF STRUCTURED TEACHING PROGRAMME ON KNOWLEDGE REGARDING CARDIO PULMUNARY RESUSCITATION AMONG 3RD YEAR GNM STUDENTS IN SELECTED SCHOOLS OF NURSING, AT TUMKURU

Objectives: 1.To assess the pre-test knowledge on cardio pulmonary resuscitation among 3rd Year GNM students. 2.To evaluate the effectiveness of structured teaching programme on knowledge regarding cardio pulmonary resuscitation among 3rd Year GNM students. 3 To find out the association between pretest knowledge with selected sociodemographic variables. Methodology: A pre experimental one group pre-test post-test design and a quantitative research approach was carried out on 60 pu students selected by convenient sampling technique to test the effectiveness of structured teaching programme .the data was collected by using structured questionnaire consists of 36 items Result: the resent study evaluates and found that demographic variables majority 36% of them were in the age group 22 and above age in years, majority 66 of them females ,majority 55% of hindu religion ,majority 58.3% of urban area. Conclusion: the data were analysed by applying descriptive and inferential statistics .the result of the study indicate that after intervention there was an improvement in the knowledge and they gain good knowledge about cardio pulmonary resuscitation ,analysis data shows highly significance difference found between pre-test and post-test knowledge score at the level of(P<0.05). the hypothesis is proved and accepted. Techinq to save the patient from cardiac respiratory failure in adults both in males and female.