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. In India over 30% of the infants are born with low birth weight. Nearly 75% of the neonatal deaths and 50% of infant deaths occur among low birth weight baby. In India low birth weight was 30% in year 2008, and only in Punjab state 21.3% low birth weight babies were born in year 2008. Further, the investigator during the clinical experience found more number of low birth weight babies born and admitted in neonatal intensive care unit. LBW newborn faces problems like hypothermia, unable to suckle at the breast and hypoglycemia. Due to lack of immunity and LBW newborn are at high risk of having problem with increased chance to acquire infection which later on can lead to death. 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. An assessment of nurse's knowledge is felt to be essential for improvement in the nursing care of low birth weight baby. So here comes the role of the nurses to assess the low birth weight babies and to protect them from various complications. Hence it is important to educate the NICU nurses about the problems and how to manage the newborn with such problems .
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