KNOWLEDGE REGARDING MILLENIUM DEVELOPMENT GOALSAMONG III YEAR BSC NURSING STUDENTS IN NARAYANANURSING INSTITUTIONS AT NELLORE

tudy aims are to identify the knowledge of second year B.sc nursing students regarding millennium development goals and to identify the association between level of knowledge regarding millennium development goals and socio demographic variables of nursing students. Materials and Methods: Quantitative research approach and cross sectional descriptive design was adopted for this study. Study was conducted in Narayana Nursing Institutions, Nellore .The total of 100 third year B.Sc nursing students were selected by using non probability convenience sampling technique. Informed consent was obtained from students. Structured questionnaire was used to collect the data. The collected data was analysed by using descriptive and inferential statistics. Results: The study findings reveled that out of 100 students 60(60%) students are having moderately adequate knowledge remaining 40(40%) of Students are having Inadequate knowledge on millennium development goals. Conclusion: The study concluded that majority of the students are having moderately adequate knowledge regarding the millennium development goals hence there is a need to educate the nursing students regarding the millennium development goals thereby can adopt the student to changes in health care delivery system and to update their knowledge for recent improvement in health.