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A Study to Assess the Effectiveness of Structured Teaching Program on Knowledge Regarding Care of Low Birth Weight Babies in Nursery among Staff Nurses in Selected Pediatric Hospital at Jaipur
Authors Name:
AARIF MOHAMMAD
Unique Id:
IJSDR2306039
Published In:
Volume 8 Issue 6, June-2023
Abstract:
Incidence of low birth weight in our country is very high. High risk mother should be identified early during the course of pregnancy and referred for confinement to an appropriate health care facility. Nurse has to offer support and comfort to mother and reassure her of her capabilities. The management of LBW babies includes hospital management and home management which are care at birth, thermal protection, fluid and feeds, kangaroo mother care, infection control and appropriate management of specific complications. This paper is a follow-up study after 25 years that was conducted in 2005 to find the changes and the causes of IMR in the same group of villages. This is a cross-sectional study conducted in villages of Jaipur in Rajasthan, India. Data on infant deaths have been analysed at two different points in the same population with an interval of 25 years. The objective of the study is to evaluate the effectiveness of structured teaching programme on knowledge Regarding care of low birth weight Babies in nursery among Staff nurses in selected Pediatric hospital at Jaipur, Rajasthen. The research design was pre experimental one group pre test post test design. Non probability convenient sampling method was used for the selection of samples. The instrument for the data collection was a structured questionnaire. Total 60 staff nurses were participated from JK Lone Hospital , Jaipur, Rajasthan. Results: The mean post-test level of Knowledge score is significantly higher than the mean pre-test Knowledge scores that is 64.02% post test and 54.43% pre test with paired t=3.10 ( at P<0.05 level of significance) and it is significant. By conventional criteria, this difference is considered to be extremely statistically significant. Statistical significance was calculated by using student‟s paired„t‟ test. There was significant association between the findings of Knowledge with demographic variables. All variables were significantly associated with their knowledge score and it was estimated by ANOVA test. The major findings indicated that staff nurses had Moderate Knowledge in various aspects of care of low birth weight Babies in nursery before administration of structured teaching programme. Later they shown adequate knowledge in all the levels of care of low birth weight Babies. structured teaching Programme was found to be a very effective method of providing information regarding care of low birth weight Babies.
Keywords:
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"A Study to Assess the Effectiveness of Structured Teaching Program on Knowledge Regarding Care of Low Birth Weight Babies in Nursery among Staff Nurses in Selected Pediatric Hospital at Jaipur", International Journal of Science & Engineering Development Research (www.ijsdr.org), ISSN:2455-2631, Vol.8, Issue 6, page no.254 - 262, June-2023, Available :http://www.ijsdr.org/papers/IJSDR2306039.pdf
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Published Paper ID: IJSDR2306039
Registration ID:206993
Published In: Volume 8 Issue 6, June-2023
DOI (Digital Object Identifier):
Page No: 254 - 262
Publisher: IJSDR | www.ijsdr.org
ISSN Number: 2455-2631
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