Original Research Article
Year: 2023 | Month: September | Volume: 13 | Issue: 9 | Pages: 53-60
DOI: https://doi.org/10.52403/ijhsr.20230910
An Experimental Study to Evaluate the Effectiveness of Concept Mapping as a Teaching Strategy to Improve the Critical Thinking Skills of Nursing Students in Selected Nursing Institutes of Delhi
Smitha RT1, Dr. R.G Mathur2, Mitali Biswas3
1Nurse Educator in Fortis Escorts Hospital, 2Senior Lecturer in Rajkumari College of Nursing,
3Assistant Professor in Rajkumari Amrit Kaur College of Nursing, New Delhi
Corresponding Author: Smitha RT
ABSTRACT
The objectives of the study were: to assess and evaluate the critical thinking skills of under- graduate nurses before and after administration of concept mapping as teaching strategy, to develop teaching plan using concept mapping on the topic Mental Status Examination, to assess the of satisfaction towards concept mapping as a teaching strategy.
Materials & Methods: The present study is Experimental study. Students selected for the study were undergraduate nursing student doing diploma in nursing (GNM) and mental health (psychiatric) nursing as their subject. Tools used for the collection of data were structured questionnaire to collect demographic characteristics and to assess the improvement in critical thinking skill and Structured opinionnaire to assess the level of satisfaction
Result: All participants are female (100%) undergoing diploma course, got their mental health psychiatric nursing experience from PVT hospital. This study shows that concept mapping as a teaching strategy is effective to improve critical thinking skills of undergraduate nurses with the mean post -test score on improvement in critical thinking skills as the effect of concept mapping as a teaching strategy in experimental group (7.266) was higher than control group (5.066) with mean difference 2.2. It is also showing there is moderately high correlation exist between gain in critical thinking score and satisfaction and conclude that concept mapping is an effective teaching strategy.
Key words: [Concept Mapping, Critical Thinking, Mental Health Nursing]