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Jyoti A. Salunkhe ¹

Affiliations
1 Obstetric & Gynecological Nursing, KINS, Karad, IN

Abstract

The midwife is the person who is with the mother round 'o' clock&she is responsible for the monitoring the mother and child during labor process. In modern obstetrics partograph is not just a graphical record of cervical dilatation, but also a composite record of all the important feathers of a labor on a single sheet. Evaluative study approach and One group pretest- post test (Quasi experimental) design was used for the study. Modified structured knowledge questionnaire was prepared for collection of data. The 40 first year P.B.BSc Nursing students were selected from Krishna Institute of Nursing Sciences, Karad by Purposive sample technique. Data were collected by using structured knowledge questionnaire and analyzed by using descriptive and inferential statistics. Major findings related to demographic variables were majority students 25(62%) belongs to age group 20-24 years. majority 19 (47.5%) were having less than one year of professional experience and 33(82.5%) were having less than one year working experience in maternity ward. Majority students 31(77.5%) were not exposed any in-service education programme on partograph. Level of knowledge in pretest majority 22.5% were in poor level, 77.5%were in average level and nobody was in good level and post test majority 5% were in poor level, 25%were in average level and 70%were in good level. Effectiveness of SIM in terms of gain in knowledge on partograph 't' value was calculated. The calculated 't' value (t=10.0) was higher than the table value (2.023) at df (39). It proved that SIM on partograph was an effective for increasing the student's knowledge. For an association chi-square test was use there was no statistically significant association found between pre existing knowledge and demographic variables at df (39).The study concluded that SIM on partograph administered to the 1^st year P.B. BSc. Nursing students was effective in increasing the knowledge.

Keywords

Partograph, SIM, Nursing Students, Knowledge.

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Nitanjali V. Patil ¹, Vandana Satwe ¹, Vaishali R. Mohite ², Jyoti A. Salunkhe ¹, Sheetal Samson ¹, Afsana Mulani ¹

Affiliations
1 Department of Obstetrics and Gynecological Nursing, Krishna Institute of Nursing Sciences, Karad, Maharashtra, IN
2 Department of Medical Surgical Nursing, Krishna Institute of Nursing Sciences, Maharashtra, IN

Abstract

 Objectives.
1) To assess the knowledge on postnatal care among primi postnatal mothers, before and after intervention
2) To assess the effectiveness of informational booklet on postnatal care.
3) To find an association between knowledge and social demographic variable.
 Methods
The evaluative approach was used by using pretest posttest experimental design. The study conducted on 50 primi postnatal mothers admitted in postnatal ward of Krishna Hospital, Karad.
 Result
Pretest mean 9.96 SD 2.75Posttest mean 17.64 SD 2.49 ‘p’ value< 0.0001 and ‘t’ value14.605shows that there is significant rise in knowledge after the intervention.Calculated ϰ2 values showed there is no any significant association between pre-test knowledge of primi post-natal mothers and socio-demographic variables.
 Conclusion
The study concluded that informational booklet on postnatal care was an effective for increasing the knowledge of subjects under study.

Keywords

Primipostnatal Mothers, Informational Booklet {IB}, Postnatal Care.

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Jyoti R. Dhagale ¹, Jyoti A. Salunkhe ¹, S. V. Kakade ², Avinash H. Salunkhe ¹, Vaishali Mohite ¹, Ujawala Chopade ¹

Affiliations
1 Krishna Institute of Medical Sciences Deemed University Karad, Krishna Institute of Nursing Sciences, Karad, Satara, IN
2 KIMSDU, Krishna Institute of Medical Sciences, Karad, IN

Abstract

Severe anemia during pregnancy is a potentially hazardous hematological disorder. According to a World Health Organization (WHO) report the global prevalence of anemia among pregnant women is 55.9%. In India, the highest prevalence of moderate anemia was found in Nagaon District (82.7%) noted by G. S. Toteja et al., in 2006. The present study was aimed to assess the relationship of placental weight and fetal outcome among normal and anemic delivered mothers. The objectives of the study are to assess and compare placental weight and fetal outcome among normal and anemic delivered mothers and to find an association between placental weight and fetal outcome with selected demographic variables in both groups. Quantitative research approach and comparative, descriptive design was used for the study. The study was conducted at Krishna hospital Karad by using Purposive sampling technique on 62 normal and 62 anemic mothers. Descriptive and inferential statistics were used for analysis. Results shows that unpaired t test revealed that mean placental weight of anemic mothers was significantly higher than of normal mothers (p<0.05). Mean fetal weight of babies delivered to normal mothers was significantly higher than the babies delivered to anemic mothers (p<0.05) and length of babies delivered to normal mothers was significantly higher than babies delivered to anemic mothers (p<0.05). There was significant association was found between placental weight of normal mothers and monthly income of family, (p<0.05). The study concludes that correlation between placental weight and birth weight of babies shows significant difference with a positive correlation in both the groups. This means as the placental weight increases the birth weight also increases and vice-versa.

Keywords

Anemic Mother, Assess Placental Weight, Fetal Outcome, Fetal Weight.

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Avinash H. Salunkhe ¹, Asha Pratinidhi ², S. V. Kakade ², Jyoti A. Salunkhe ², Vaishali R. Mohite ², Trupti Bhosale ²

Affiliations
1 Krishna Institute of Nursing Sciences, Krishna Institute of Medical Sciences Deemed to be University Karad, Satara – 500014, Maharashtra, IN
2 Krishna Institute of Nursing Sciences, Krishna Institute of Medical Sciences Deemed University Karad, Satara – 500014, Maharashtra, IN

Abstract

With the social and economic changes in recent years, women’s role has also significantly changed and with a considerable share of the job market, i.e., 42%. If the burden of pregnancy and child birth is added to it, it could be stressful to the mother and likely to affect the birth weight as well as gestational age of the baby adversely. A study to find out relationship between occupation of women and the birth weight and gestational age of the baby was undertaken at Krishna Hospital; Karad. The data was collected on randomly selected 380 pregnant women by using structured interview schedule at registration and followed them till delivery. Data was analyzed in respect to the objectives of the study by using descriptive and inferential statistics. There were 23(6.0%) heavy workers. All of them were working on road construction sites and delivered 19(82.8%) Low Birth Weight (LBW) babies out of them 06(26.1%) were preterm births. The mean birth weight and Gestational age of babies born to heavy workers were 2199.1 ± 488.5g and 262.3±18.6 days as compared to 2764.4 ± 463.7g and 274.0±13.4 days for moderate workers 2688.8± 475.5g and 275.6±13.1 days for sedentary workers respectively. The study concluded that heavy maternal physical activity had a significant deleterious effect on birth weight and gestational age.

Keywords

Birth Weight, Gestational Age, Low Birth Weight, Maternal Risk Factors, Preterm Birth.

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