A STUDY TO DETERMINE THE EFFECTIVENESS OF PLANNED TEACHING PROGRAM ON THE KNOWLEDGE OF STUDENT NURSES REGARDING LEGAL ASPECTS OF PATIENT CARE AT SELECTED COLLEGE
R. Nimmi*
ABSTRACT
Nurses face many legal and ethical issues while providing patient care and it is essential to understand the law and the way it affects the nursing practice. Objectives: Toassess the knowledge of nursing students regarding legal aspects. Methodology: Research design-The research design for the present study is Quasi-Experimental one group pre-test and post- test design. Findings: The pre -test score result shows maximum students (84.4%) had average knowledge and none had high level knowledge. Recommendations: An explorative study can be conducted to find out the need for knowledge of nurses in different kind of set-up regarding legal aspects of patient care to compare the knowledge of nurses.
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