A Study to Assess the Effectiveness of Structured Teaching Programme on Knowledge Regarding Complications of Instrumental Delivery and Their Management Among Staff Nurses Working in Maternity Units of Selected Hospitals at Bagalkot

Instrumental Vaginal delivery remains an important facet modern obstetric practice, accounting 7.4 - 16.4% of all deliveries across a spectrum of Indian hospitals. Forces and ventouse are used for instrumental delivery. Hence the study was aimed to evaluate the effectiveness of structured teaching programme on knowledge regarding complications of instrumental delivery and their management among staff nurses. An evaluative research approach with pre experimental one group pre - test post - test design without control group was used in the present study. Researcher has used convenient sampling technique to select 50 staff nurses for the present study. Data were collected using structured knowledge questionnaire by following interview method. Researcher has systematically organized the data and analyzed by descriptive and inferential statistics. The study concluded that structured teaching program was found to be effective in improving the knowledge of staff nurses regarding complications of instrumental delivery. Researcher has recommended for the future researchers to conduct the similar study in a large scale.