Open AccessNURSE LED MODULE ON KNOWLEDGE REGARDING ESSENTIAL NEWBORN CARE AMONG NURSING STUDENTS
Author(s) -
Yashasvi parashar,
Mansi Choudhary
Publication year - 2021
Publication title -
indian journal of applied research
Language(s) - English
DOI - 10.36106/ijar/4601760
Subject(s) - nursing , medicine , test (biology) , intervention (counseling) , family medicine , paleontology , biology
Promoting the health of the newborn and reduction of the neonate morbidity and mortality rate because now a day’s neonatal mortality and morbidity rates are continuously rising day by day so, that’s why it is important to conduct a pre-experimental study on Essential Newborn Care among Nursing student in selected College of Nursing Indore. The aim of the study is to assess the effectiveness of nurse led intervention. In this study 80 B.Sc. Nursing 3rd year student was selected by using Non probability convenient sampling techniques. Pre interventional knowledge level was assessed by Self-structured knowledge questionnaire. The data collected was analyzed by using descriptive and inferential statistics. The average (Mean ± Standard Deviation) knowledge scoring in pre-test to measure the pre-existed knowledge about essential new-born care found to be 6.89±1.32 points and the knowledge score at post-test stage found to be 19.13±2.00 points. The mean difference of 12.24 points in knowledge scoring between pre-test and post-test was statistically strongly significant (p<0.001) which clearly showed the effectiveness of nurse led module on knowledge of B. Sc. Nursing 3rd year students regarding essential new-born care. The positive mean difference of knowledge score shows that nurse led module was effective.