The current study aimed to assess the effect of planned teaching programme on knowledge regarding care of patients on mechanical ventilator among staff nurses working in paediatric critical care units of selected hospitals in Pune city. To assess the knowledge regarding care of patients on Mechanical Ventilator among staff nurses working in Paediatric critical care units before planned teaching programme. To assess the knowledge regarding care of patients on Mechanical Ventilator among staff

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... ses working in Paediatric Critical Care Units after planned teaching programme. To assess the effectiveness of planned teaching programme on knowledge regarding care of patients on Mechanical Ventilator among staff nurses working in Paediatric Critical Care Units before and after planned teaching programme. To associate the knowledge scores regarding care of patients on Mechanical Ventilator among staff nurses working in Paediatric Critical Care Unit with the selected demographic variables. A quantitative research approach using Pre-experimental-one group pre test-post test design was adapted for the study. A study was carried out with 60 staff nurses working in Paediatric Critical Care Unit (PICU & NICU) of selected hospitals. Demographic performa, structured knowledge questionnaire were used to collect the data. The study observed that the mean posttest knowledge score (16.7) was significantly higher than the mean pretest score (13.5) where the 't' value (59) was 9.7 at p-value was 0.001.The study conclude that planned teaching was found effective in increasing knowledge of staff nurses regarding care of patients on mechanical ventilator.