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VOL. 2, ISSUE 9 (2015)
Bag and mask ventilation in neonates - A Key towards reducing neonatal mortality
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Kaur Parvinder, Saini Amrita, Kaur Herbaksh, Kaur Kuldeep
Abstract
Background: Birth of a healthy newborn baby is one of the greatest gifts of nature. After birth, the newborns undergo many changes. Majority of the newborns handle the transition well, between 5%–10% of all babies born need some degree of resuscitation. Approximately 3%–6% require basic neonatal resuscitation, consisting simple initial steps and assisted ventilation. As newborn resuscitation is a key component of effort to reduce neonatal mortality occurring due to birth asphyxia, the nursing students as future nurses should possess knowledge and skills to overcome the barriers of providing newborn resuscitation.
Objective: To evaluate the effectiveness of Planned Teaching Programme on skills regarding Bag and Mask ventilation in neonates among nursing students.
Methodology: An observation checklist regarding Bag and Mask Ventilation given by WHO was used for data collection with the help of OSCE method and Planned Teaching Programme was implemented. A pre-experimental approach (one group pre-test post-test design) was used. Pre and post-test data was collected from 78 conveniently selected nursing students of B.Sc Nursing 3rd year from M.M College of Nursing, Mullana, Ambala.
Results: Findings of the study revealed that majority of the nursing students (70.8%) were females and majority of nursing students (90.2%) had previous knowledge regarding bag and mask ventilation in neonates but majority of nursing students(79.16%) had not performed bag and mask ventilation during their clinical experience. The mean 2nd post-test skill score of nursing students regarding bag and mask ventilation (15.7+2.55) was higher than pre-test skill score of students (7.15+0.22) as evident from the calculated ‘t’ of 21.95 which was found to be statistically highly significant at 0.00 level of significance. The skills of nursing students were significantly associated with previous knowledge ( = 8.35) and number of ventilations performed previously ( =9.53).
Conclusion: The study concludes that Planned teaching program regarding Bag and Mask Ventilation was very effective in improving the skills of nursing students regarding bag and mask ventilation in neonates.rn
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Pages:561-564
How to cite this article:
Kaur Parvinder, Saini Amrita, Kaur Herbaksh, Kaur Kuldeep "Bag and mask ventilation in neonates - A Key towards reducing neonatal mortality". International Journal of Multidisciplinary Research and Development, Vol 2, Issue 9, 2015, Pages 561-564
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