A Study to Assess the Effectiveness of Structured Teaching Program on Knowledge regarding Immediate Newborn Care among Staff Nurses Who Working in Maternity Unit of Selected Hospital of Vadodara

Abstract

Aim: Approximately 1 million neonatal deaths occur each year due to perinatal asphyxia. It is one of the leading causes of perinatal and neonatal mortality and is associated with a very high incidence of irreversible neurologic damage. To assess the existing knowledge regarding immediate newborn care among staff nurses. To reduse the rate death of newborn knowledge of staff nurses play a vital role to save a newborn life and future of nation. Study design: Pre Experimental One Group Pretest Posttest Research Design. Place and study duration: DHIRAJ GENERAL HOSPITAL, Piparia, Whaghodiya, Vadodara, Gujarat, India. From 3rd February 2017 to 11th February 2017. Method and material: No probability Convenient sampling technique used in the study. Sample size was 50 Staff nurses who Working In Maternity Unit in selected hospital of vadodara. The Structured teaching program was conducted in the study. There was two tools used in the study. Those includes 1) demographic questionnaire which contain 5 item were used to collect the sample characteristics includes Age, educational qualification, residence, year of experience, source of information. And 2) Self administrated knowledge questionnaire on immediate new born care which includes 30 MCQ questions. Result: After having pre test of the 50 staff nurses the result of pretest shows that majority 30(60%) staff nurses have moderate knowledge, 19(38%) staff nurses have inadequate knowledge and 1(2%)staff nurse has adequate knowledge. After provision of structed teaching session and arrange post test. Post test results shows that majority 50(100%) staff nurses have adequate knowledge, 0(0%) staff nurses have inadequate knowledge. Conclusion: The nursing professional working in maternity units of hospitals play a key role in taking care of newborns for which enhancement of knowledge regarding immediate newborn care is at most important.