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Original Research Article

Year: 2022 | Month: January-March | Volume: 7 | Issue: 1 | Pages: 284-288

DOI: https://doi.org/10.52403/ijshr.20220142

Pre-Experimental Study to Assess the Knowledge Regarding Intramuscular (IM) Injection among Undergraduate Students in SRM College of Nursing, Kattankulathur, Tamil Nadu, India

Pampha Bhusal¹, C. Kanniammal², P. Malarvizhi³

¹M. Sc. Nursing, ²Dean, ³Assistant Professor,
SRM College of Nursing, SRMIST, Kattankulathur, Tamil Nadu, India.

Corresponding Author: Pampha Bhusal

ABSTRACT

Background of the Study: Intramuscular injection is a method of administering medications deep into the muscle tissues so that they can be absorbed quickly into the body. Generally, the intramuscular injection is used to administer vaccines and drugs.
Aim: The aims of the study was to assess the pretest posttest level of knowledge regarding intramuscular injections and to determine the association between the levels of knowledge regarding intramuscular injection with their selected demographic variables.
Methodology: A pre-experimental research design (one group pre-test and post-test design) was applied for this study, which included Fifty-five nursing students. Purposive sampling technique was used for the sample selection. The data was collected through virtual mode using demographic variables as well as a structured knowledge questionnaire. Descriptive, inferential statistics were used to analyze the data.
Results: Majority of the nursing students had moderately adequate knowledge 31(56.4%), 16(29.1%) had inadequate knowledge and 8(14.5%) had adequate knowledge on pre-test. There was a significant improvement in post-test knowledge score of nursing students regarding IM injections (M=10.89 SD=4.508) compared to the pre-test scores (M=14.42 SD=3.720) with the ‘t’ value of p < 0.01.
Conclusion: The present study reveals that more practical exposure is necessary so that they can gain more knowledge regarding intramuscular injections. They are the future nurses who will do medication to the patient.

Keywords: Knowledge, Intramuscular injections, Nursing students.

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