“A pre-experimental study to assess the effect of educational package on knowledge regarding haematopoietic stem cell transplantation among staff nurses working in selected hospital Bhopal, Madhya Pradesh”

Haematopoietic stem cell transplantation is a greater positive impact on the treatment of life-threatening diseases. Stem cell transplantation is a lifesaving procedure for several malignant andnonmalignant life-threatening diseases, more than 40,000 stem cell transplantations are beingperformed annually worldwide. Methods: pre-experimental, one group pre-test post-test researchdesign was used for conducting a study in a selected hospital of Bhopal, Madhya Pradesh. Subjectscomprising of 60 staff nurses selected by non-probability purposive sampling technique, who fulfilledinclusion criteria. Results: Mean post-interventional knowledge (27.0 ± 6.03) is higher than themean pre-interventional knowledge (15.5 ± 5.74). The mean difference between pre- interventionalknowledge and post-interventional knowledge is 11.5. The computed ‘t’ value 15.80, 2.00, P<0.05shows that there is a significant difference between pre-interventional knowledge and post-interventional knowledge. There was a significant association found of demographic variables interms of working area and years of clinical experience. Conclusion: it was concluded that theeducational package was effective in enhancing the knowledge of the staff nurses. The health careprofessional including staff nurses also having inadequate knowledge of stem cell therapy. Theskilled educative session is one of the cost-effective intervention used for educating the nurses invarious aspects.