A Study to Evaluate the Effectiveness of Self-Instructional Module on Major Obstetric Emergencies and their Managa-Ment in terms of Knowledge among staff nurses in selected hospital at Fatepura City

Abstract

Providing quality emergency obstetric care reduces the risk of maternal and newborn mortality and morbidity. A "high-risk pregnancy" is one in which the maternal environment and past or present reproductive performance contribute to a significant risk to fetal wellbeing such as premature birth, small for date infant, full-term with still births or early neonatal deaths. Identification of women at risk for these complicated pregnancies is fundamental to antenatal care. The reduction of level of major obstetrical complication and their management has in hospital by staff nurses. The objectives of the study were (a) To assess the exiting knowledge of staff nurses on major obstetric emergencies and their management among staff nurse of selected hospital. (b) To assess the effectiveness of the self-instructional module on major obstetrical emergencies and their management among staff nurse in selected hospital at Fatepura. (c) To find association between pretest level of knowledge obstetric emergencies and their management among sample and selected demographic variable. Pre- experimental design one group pretest – posttest design was used to conduct the study. Vardan maternity hospital has been selected for conducting the study. The sample size was 40 patents having breast complication. The study was conducted at Vardan Hospital. Conceptual frame work of the present study is founded on the based on J.W. KENNY’S OPEN SYSTEM MODEL (1969). Collected data will be analyzed descriptive statistics such as mean, standard deviation, frequencies and percentages. The association between effectiveness of self-instructional module will be analyzed by t-test. The effectiveness of self-instructional module on knowledge regarding major obstetrical emergencies and their management was revealed in the post-test that there was significance improvement in knowledge with administration of Self-instructional Module. The obtained “t-test” value for the level of knowledge on prevention and management of selected breast complication 11.669 that was highly significance at p<0.05 level the hypothesis was accepted.