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A Study to Assess the Effectiveness of Standard Protocol Guideline regarding New Born Care in Terms of Knowledge among Staff Nurses Working at Selected Hospitals of Bharuch City

Soma Bepari Das

Abstract: New born care in the immediate post delivery period includes prevention and management of haemorrhage, thermal care, cord care, early initiation of breast feeding, eye care and recognition of when to refer. To care for new borns, nurses and midwives require knowledge and skills to provide immediate new born care interventions. Pre experimental one group pre-test post-test method was adopted for this study. Total 60 samples of staff nurses working in selected hospitals of Bharuch city were selected. Data collection done by using structured knowledge questionnaire before and after providing standard protocol guideline regarding new born care. The present study is evaluating the knowledge of staff nurses regarding new born care. The mean of pre-test knowledge score is 30.63% and post-test mean score is 40.65%. It shows significant difference in pre-test and post-test. The difference in pre- test mean score and post-test mean score is 10.02 %. The great difference in pre-test and post-test mean score of knowledge shows that the standard protocol guideline given to the staff nurses was very effective. There is no significant association between knowledge score with demographic variables.

Keywords: effectiveness, newnorn, staffnurse

Edition: Volume 13 Issue 7, July 2024

Pages: 151 - 153

DOI: https://www.doi.org/10.21275/SR24702152836

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