Staff Nurses (Nicu) Knowledge Regarding Care Of Low Birth Weight Baby

Abstract

Abstract: Low birth weight babies are immature, they need special nursing care. Nurses are front line care providers they are key persons involved with the care of the low birth weight neonates round the clock. A pre- experimental study was conducted to assess the effectiveness of structured teaching programme on knowledge regarding care of low birth weight baby among (NICU) staff nurses. The study was conducted in 6 pediatrics hospitals at district Jalandhar, Punjab. Total 60 staff nurses those who met the inclusion and exclusion criteria were selected by convenience sampling technique. A pre-test was taken by using structured questionnaire followed by structured teaching programme. After 7 days post-test was taken. The overall mean score of pre-test was 15.60 with the S.D.5.98. Whereas in post-test the overall mean score of 22.68 with S.D. of 4.55 the t-test value was 14.46* which is statistically significant at p<0.005 level of significance. The study finding implied that the education had a vital role in improving the knowledge of staff nurses regarding care of low birth weight baby.