International Journal of Advances in Nursing Management

A. Jennifer Jothi Mary ¹

Affiliations
1 College of Nursing, SRIPMS, New Siddhapudur, Coimbatore, Tamil Nadu 641044, IN

Abstract

Human milk as the primary source of nutrition for infants has received increased support over the past decade from both International and National groups. Banked human milk is regarded as “the next best” after the biological mother’s breast milk. A human milk bank is a service established for collecting, screening, processing, storing and distributing donated human milk. It is used mainly in vulnerable infants who admitted in NICU’s where their mother’s own milk is unavailable or insufficient. Feeding these infants with breast milk can significantly reduce infections. According to DD health vital Statistics 2013-2014, birth rate in Coimbatore 15.9, and infant mortality rate was 6.24.Coimbatore faces its own unique challenges, having highest number of infant mortality. Hence the Government , Health experts and the Civil society must join hands to propagate the concept of human milk banking for the sake of vulnerable infants. This analysis was carried out to identify the current status of human milk banks and the need of initiating several human milk banks in the city.

Keywords

Human Milk, Bank, Infants, Statistics, Requirements, Setting Up, Donors.

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A. Jennifer Jothi Mary ¹, Ruby Jose ², Alice Augustine ³, Alice Sony ³

Affiliations
1 College of Nursing, SRIPMS, Coimbatore, IN
2 CMC, Vellore, IN
3 Dept. of Obs. and Gynac., College of Nursing, CMC, Vellore, IN

Abstract

A true experimental study was done to determine the effectiveness of acupressure on pain during the active phase of labour among parturient women. Using simple ransom sampling method a total of 30 patients in experimental and 30 in control group were selected. The instruments used were a Numeric rating scale, Observation check list and a pain questionnaire to assess the pain score and pain perception in parturient women. Data was collected and analyzed using descriptive and inferential statistics. The study shows that there is a significant reduction in the pain scores among the experimental group after acupressure.

Keywords

Effectiveness, Acupressure, Active Phase of Labour.

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