Abstract:

Background : A baby’s birth is one of the happiest moments in the parents’ lives. however, getting a diagnosis for a chronic or severe disorder later in life is possibly a parent’s worst nightmare. with the prevalence of congenital anomalies in children, parents are now prioritizing cord blood banking to secure their child’s future. aim: to assess the effect of structured teaching programme on knowledge regarding umbilical cord stem cell banking among staff nurses. methodology: a quantitative evaluative approach and pre-experimental one-group pre-test post-test research design was adopted for the study. sampling: a total of 50 samples were selected using a non-probability purposive sampling technique. data were collected using self -administered questionnaire. conduction of pre-test was followed by structure teaching programme on the same day. post-test was conducted on the 7^th day after the pre-test. data were analysed using descriptive and inferential statistics. results: findings revealed that the overall mean score 18.42 obtained by the participants in the post test was higher than the mean knowledge score 9.58 in the pre-test, with a mean difference of 8.84. there was a significant difference between pre-test and post-test at<0.05. conclusion: hence, the investigator concluded that structured teaching programme was significantly effective in improving the knowledge among staff nurses regarding umbilical cord stem cell banking.