A STUDY ON MATERNITY CLINICAL SKILLS OF UNDERGRADUATE NURSING STUDENTS USING DIRECT OBSERVATION OF PROCEDURAL SKILLS (DOPS) IN A SELECTED HOSPITAL, MANGALURU

Ms BALARY N SYMPLI; Mrs ALPHILIN JOSE

Volume : VI, Issue : XI, November - 2016

A STUDY ON MATERNITY CLINICAL SKILLS OF UNDERGRADUATE NURSING STUDENTS USING DIRECT OBSERVATION OF PROCEDURAL SKILLS (DOPS) IN A SELECTED HOSPITAL, MANGALURU

Ms Balary N Sympli, Mrs Alphilin Jose

Abstract :

A descriptive design was carried out among 30 students who were recruited by simple random sampling technique. The purpose of the study was to assess Maternity Clinical Skills of undergraduate nursing students using DOPS. The investigator instructed students to perform antenatal, postnatal and new born assessment and the skills were measured by using DOPS checklist. The mean percentage of postnatal assessment (56.45%) was higher than antenatal (48.27%) and new born assessment (30.26%) score. Overall, majority of the students (80%) were partially competent to perform maternity procedure whereas none were competent to perform the procedure. The present study had shown that students were not competent to performed Maternity Clinical Skills and it seems that better theoretical background, better supervision and maximum clinical practice would improve the clinical skills further will develop competence in the clinical performance.