In the present study, data were collected on knowledge regarding management of hospital acquired infections in children. The objective of the study was to identify the knowledge of B.Sc nursing students regarding the management of hospital acquired infections in children and to determine the association between post-test knowledge scores with selected demographic variables. The research method adopted for this study was the evaluative approach. The research design adopted for this study was a pre-experimental design with one group pretest and post-test design. A simple random technique was used to select the sample for the study. The sample consists of 60 B.Sc nursing students of nursing institutions. The instrument used for the data collection is a structured questionnaire. Collected data were analyzed by using descriptive and inferential statistics. The results of the study showed that the pretest overall knowledge score regarding various aspects of management of Hospital Acquired infections in children was a mean percentage of 46.86% and SD was 3.51. During the post–the test overall knowledge score was 80.53% and SD was 2.98. Hence the difference between pretest and post-test over a knowledge score was 33.67. The results show that the difference between the pretest and post-test knowledge scores for the management of hospital acquired infections in children is statistically significant and this difference is due to planned teaching program in the management of hospital acquired infections in children. The conclusion was drawn on the basis of the following findings of the study. This study shows that there was a significant improvement in the knowledge of management of infections in children among B.Sc nursing students as evidenced and post-test knowledge scores.
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