“A Study to Assess the Knowledge and Attitude Regarding Extra Co-Curricular Activity Among the B.Sc. Nursing Students in Selected B.Sc. Nursing Colleges of Pune City”

Abstract

Introduction: Knowledge feeds the human spirit and exercise helps the body stay in good shape. Knowledge and physical health are necessary for young people to cope in life.Over time, young people may encounter various problems such as drug addiction, inappropriate behavior, independence and violence. Student participation in various activities can be a simple way to change the lives of young people. This study focuses on the role of co-teaching and student examination performance on class attendance and does not consider other factors, such as participation in various work related activities to cover educational expenses, which may affect student performa

The present study title: “A study to assess the knowledge and attitude regarding extra co-curricular activity among the B.Sc. Nursing students in selected B.Sc. Nursing colleges of Pune city”.

Material and Methods: In present study, researcher adopted descriptive research design. It was carried out on 100 samples. The Non probability purposive sampling technique method was used to data was collected using demographic profile and self-structured questionnaire. Data analysis was done mainly using descriptive statistics.

Result: Result revealed that knowledge related to extra co-curricular activity among students was that the majority 60 % had average knowledge, 20 % had poor knowledge and 20% had good knowledge. The mean score was 8.6 & S.D was 2.6. Result revealed that attitude regarding extra co-curricular activity among the students was that the 100% positive. The mean score was 13.2 & S.D was 2.0. Since p-value corresponding to Knowledge regarding importance of extra co-curricular activities organized by the college was less than 0.05, the demographic variable Knowledge regarding importance of extra co-curricular activities organized by the college was found to have significant association with the knowledge among B.Sc. nursing students regarding extra co-curricular activities.Conclusion: The study recommend that students need to increase their overall knowledge regarding the extra co- curricular activity in the academic year .