A Study to Assess the Effectiveness of Structured Teaching Programme in Reduction of the Level of Academic Stress among First Year Basic BSc Nursing Students at a Selected Nursing College in Bengaluru

Background: Academic stress from many sources has been reported for some time by student nurses. The sources of stress includes academics, parental expectations, competition for grades, relationships and career choices. Academic sources of stress like examinations, long hours of study, assignments and grades, lack of free time, lack of timely feedback after their performance, special elements of the academic programme like arrangement and conduction of workshops, also produce stress among student nurses. Methodology: The approach employed in the present study was quantitative evaluative research approach with quasi experimental - one group pre-test post-test design. Subjects (N=50) were selected from SDS TRC & RGICD College of Nursing, Bangalore. Data was collected by using a structured knowledge questionnaire with 40 items. Reliability of structured knowledge questionnaire was found to be 0.9. Structured teaching programme was administered after conducting pre-test and post-test was conducted after seven days following pre-test. Data was analysed by using descriptive (mean, median, SD) and inferential statistical (chi-square test, paired ’t’ test) technique. Results: The collected data was analysed by using descriptive and inferential statistics. The study findings revealed that on assessing pre-test levels of knowledge, majority of the subjects (70%) had moderate knowledge level and the assessment of post-test levels of knowledge showed that majority (86%) of the subjects had moderate knowledge, 12% had adequate knowledge while 2% had inadequate knowledge. Conclusion: Based on the findings of the study, recommendations were drawn for nursing service, administration, education and research. The study concluded that the knowledge from structured teaching programme in reduction of level of academic stress among first year B.Sc. nursing students was moderately adequate and favourable.