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Abstract: Background of the study: Through these years chemotherapy nurses have mastered clinical expertise in areas which contribute to patient care. Research Methodology: An evaluatory research approach was used to find out the effectiveness of VAT on safe handling of cancer chemotherapeutic drugs for GNM nursing students is pre experimental one group pre-test post-test design. Dependent variables: Knowledge level of nursing officers cancer chemotherapeutic drugs. Independent variables: Video teaching programme. Data collection: Demographic variables and structured knowledge questionnaire was developed. Results: Descriptive and inferential statistics. The effectiveness of VAT was identified using frequency and percentage. Paired 't' test was used to find out the significant difference between the pre-test and post-test knowledge scores and the mean post-test knowledge scores (32.was higher than the mean pre-test knowledge scores (16. 2). The computed 't' value is18.87 .is higher than the tabled value t 49 at p<0.05 .level of significance the association between pre-test knowledge scores and selected variables were calculated using Chi square test. Conclusion : The nurse carries personnel responsibility for nursing practice and for maintaining competence by continuous learning. Video teaching programme enhance the knowledge of GNM nursing students .