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Peripheral Intravenous Cannula (PIVC) or Intravenous Cannula is one of the most frequently used medical devices. Intravenous Cannulation procedure involves breaching the skin and leaving a foreign body in the vein exposing the patients to a number of risks particularly infections. Since nurses are mostly involved with insertion of IV Cannula, it is their responsibility and duty to avoid these preventable problems. The purpose of the present study was to assess the level of knowledge of nurses on insertion and care of Peripheral Intravenous Cannula and determine the effectiveness of video assisted teaching program. One group pretest posttest research design was used for the study. Data was collected from 30 staff nurses working in Goa Medical College and hospital using nonprobability convenience sampling technique. Data was collected using a structured questionnaire that consisted of demographic data and multiple choice questions and were analyzed using descriptive and inferential statistics. The major findings of the study were that, maximum number of staff nurses (67%) were between the age group of 21-30 years, 45.16% had average knowledge and 16.25% had poor knowledge regarding insertion and care of Peripheral Intravenous Cannula. There was significant difference between mean pre-test and post-test knowledge scores (p<0.05). The calculated values were higher than the tabulated values at 5%level of significance. Hence the video assisted teaching program on the insertion and care of Peripheral Intravenous Cannula was found to be effective. The study findings concluded that there was significant association between age and knowledge scores.