EFFECTIVENESS OF ‘STRUCTURED TEACHING PROGRAMME‘ ON KANGAROO MOTHER CARE ON PRETERM BABIES AMONG STAFF NURSES

Jatinder Kaur

Volume : VIII, Issue : XI, November - 2019

EFFECTIVENESS OF ‘STRUCTURED TEACHING PROGRAMME‘ ON KANGAROO MOTHER CARE ON PRETERM BABIES AMONG STAFF NURSES

Jatinder Kaur

Abstract :

The study was aimed at evaluating the knowledge gained with ‘Structured Teaching Programme’ regarding Kangaroo Mother Care among staff nurses Methods: In this study from 3o staff nurses working in obstetric unit one pretest was taken then ‘Structured Teaching Programme’ was conducted after that post–test knowledge was assessed on the basis of structured knowledge questionnaire. Results: The results showed that: In pretest 7[23%] staff nurses have moderately adequate knowledge and 23[77%] staff nurses have inadequate knowledge whereas in post–test 19[63%] staff nurses have moderately adequate knowledge and 11[37%] staff nurses have adequate knowledge which shows the effectiveness of Structured Teaching Programme. Conclusion: The improvement in the knowledge level of staff nurses was up to above average level in 63% staff nurses, so there is need to adopt a good continue education programmes for health care workers to keep them up to date with knowledge on Kangaroo Mother Care.