volume 15 | Issue 2
volume 15 | Issue 2
volume 15 | Issue 2
volume 15 | Issue 2
volume 15 | Issue 2
Brain stroke, a leading cause of morbidity and mortality worldwide, necessitates immediate medical intervention. A stroke occurs when a blood vessel that carries oxygen and nutrients to the brain is either blocked by a clot or bursts. Most of the stroke patients tends to develop loss of mobility, decubitus ulcer, deep vein thrombosis, recurrent strokes, seizures, depression, language disability, pneumonia and disability. Stroke symptoms by learning and sharing the F.A.S.T. Warning signs, use the letters face drooping, arm weakness, speech is slurred, time. The nursing workforce is essential in recognizing and responding to stroke symptoms. The present study was conducted to assess effectiveness of planned teaching programme on knowledge regarding brain stroke with code FAST among nursing officers. 60 sample were collected by using non probability convenience sampling technique through self-structured knowledge questionnaire the data collected and analysed based on descriptive and inferential statistics. The result of the study showed that the post-test mean score (15.1±4.46) was higher than the pre-test mean (12.3±5.37) score of knowledge. The obtained “t” value is 16.64 with 59 degree of freedom was higher than the table value 2.00 with p value < 0.05 level of significance. This shows that there is significant difference between pre-test and post-test level of knowledge regarding brain stroke, hence the formulated research hypothesis H1 was accepted. The test revealed that there was no significant association of knowledge with selected demographic variables such as Age in years, religion, education and health care facility. Chi square was computed there is significant association between post- test level of knowledge with demographic variable such as educational qualification (14.24), exposure to workshop or continuous nursing programme (10.17) at p>0.05 level of significant. The study was concluded that there was an effectiveness of planned teaching programme on knowledge regarding brain stroke with code FAST among nursing officer.