Asian Journal of Nursing Education and Research

Suchismita Pahantasingh ¹, Jhunilata Pradhan ¹, Rashmimala Pradhan ¹, Geetarani Nayak ¹

Affiliations
1 SUM Nursing College, Sector- 8, Kalinga Nagar, Ghatikia, Bhubaneswar-751003, IN

Abstract

The healthy population is the wealth of the nation, children are the most vital human resource a country possesses -children hold the potential and set the limit of future development of any country, "Better the nutritional status of the children higher will be the nation rise.'' and that nutrition is human milk which is a ideal and uniquely superior food for infants for the first six months of life. For the same every mother should have the knowledge upon breast feeding practices. With this reason the present study is conducted to assess the knowledge of the post natal mother on breast feeding practice. The study was conducted in IMS and Sum Hospital, Bhubaneswar with a sample size of 50 post natal mothers by using structured questionnaire based on the knowledge on breast feeding practice. Non-probability purposive sampling method was used for selecting the sample. Highest percentage (78%) of post natal mothers having average knowledge, 8% having good knowledge and 4% of mothers having poor knowledge. The mean knowledge score on breast feeding practice was 9.32 with SD =2.4 and there is a significant association between the knowledge scores of post natal mothers on breast feeding practice with education and occupation, as the chi- square value are 13.01 and 14.01 respectively at 0.05 significant level(df=6).

Keywords

Assess, Knowledge, Post Natal Mother, Breast Feeding And Practice.

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Rashmita Sethi ¹, Geetarani Nayak ²

Affiliations
1 Viswas College of Nursing, Bhubaneswar, IN
2 SUM Nursing College, S’O’A University, Bhubaneswar, IN

Abstract

Neonates frequently undergo various painful procedures without analgesia and routinely experienced pain in the Neonatal Intensive Care Unit. The issue of pain management among new born has been largely neglected and commonly overlooked in most of the clinical settings can lead to long term adverse consequences and deleterious effect. Administrating sucrose before painful procedure like venipuncture can relief pain in new born. The present study was carried out in (NICU) of IMS and SUM Hospital, Bhubaneswar with the purpose to determine the effect of 24% oral sucrose administration on pain reduction during venipuncture. 30 neonates undergoing venipuncture were selected through purposive sampling. The pain level was assessed by using Neonatal Infant Pain Scale (NIPS) with routine care during venipuncture and then same neonates were administered 24% sucrose solution orally just 2 minutes before undergoing venipuncture second time. A highly significant reduction of pain during venipuncture in experimental group was observed at (p<0.001, t=9.38).

Keywords

Effect, 24% Oral Sucrose, Venipuncture, Neonatal And Pain.

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Geetarani Nayak ¹

Affiliations
1 SUM Nursing College, Sector -8, Kalinga Nagar, Ghatikia, Bhubaneswar -751030, IN

Abstract

Pressure ulcer is continued to present a major health care problem for hospitalized older adults. For many years they were thought to be the result of inadequate nursing care. Back care is the less harmful and low cost intervention to prevent pressure ulcer. Educating the care giver of chronically bed ridden patients regarding the various steps of back care helps in improving the pressure ulcer. Hence the present study was conducted to assess the pre and post knowledge and of staff nurses on back care. The data was collected from 50 staff nurses using structured knowledge questionnaire and observation checklist. The study results revealed that the mean post test knowledge score (85.3%) was higher than the mean pre test knowledge score (62%) and the mean post test practice score (90.7) was higher than mean pre test practice score (68.6%).Enhancement between the pre-test and post test was obtained by paired "t" test value 16.78 for knowledge and 7.002 for practice on back care at p < 0.0001 which was highly significant in improving the knowledge and practice of staff nurses. There was positive correlation between pre test knowledge and practice (r=0.725) at p<0.001 and between the pre test and post test practice (r=o.728) at p<0.001.There was no statistically significant association between the pre test knowledge and the socio demographic variables of the staff nurses.

Keywords

Effectiveness, Structured Teaching Programme, Knowledge, Practice, Staff Nurse.

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