Effectiveness of Sim Versus Pim on Neonatal Developmental Supportive Care in Terms of Knowledge among Nursing Students

Developmental care is a broad category of Interventions designed to minimize the stress of the newborns. Current study aimed to assess and compare the knowledge of nursing students regarding Neonatal Developmental Supportive Care before and after the administration of SIM and PIM and to determine the acceptability of SIM and PIM on Neonatal Developmental Supportive Care among nursing students. An experimental approach was used with pretest-posttest comparison group design on a sample of 60 B.Sc. Nursing IVth Year students i.e. 30 in SIM group and 30 in PIM group from M.M. College of Nursing, Mullana, Ambala, selected by Simple Random and Total Enumeration sampling technique respectively. The data was collected using Structured Knowledge Questionnaire and Structured Opinionnaire. In SIM group, the mean post-test knowledge score (36 ± 3.39) were significantly higher than the mean pre-test knowledge score (18.67 ± 3.81). In PIM group, the mean post-test knowledge score (43.63 ± 2.79) was higher than the mean pre-test knowledge score (19.27 ± 3.89). The mean post-test knowledge score (43.63 ± 2.79) and the mean acceptability score (27.07±2.08) of PIM group was higher than the mean post-test knowledge score (36 ± 3.39) and the mean acceptability score (24.87±1.66) of SIM group. Therefore both, SIM&PIM were effective methods for enhancing the knowledge of nursing students regarding Neonatal Developmental Supportive Care&PIM was more effective and highly acceptable method in terms of its approval and usefulness than SIM.