A Study To Assess The Effectiveness of Planned Teaching Programme on Knowledge and Knowledge on Practice of Staff Nurses Regarding Early Initiation of Breast Feeding in Labor Room in A Selected Hospital, Bangalore

Abstract Introduction and Objectives: Today’s child tomorrow’s citizen. Healthy child can be a wealthy nation. The health of child should be preserved for making the nation wealthy. One of the basic needs of the healthy child is nutrition. By nature, the fetus get nutritional requirements from mother in the womb and after delivery, baby is born with the natural ability to find the warm touches, self attach and feed from breast. [1] WHO recommend early initiation of breastfeeding, within one hour of birth. Although it is one of the core indicators for assessing infant and young child feeding practices, it is a far from universal practice. According to WHO,2017 breast-feeding report card,47% babies breast-feed till 6 months,27.4% till 12 months,42.6% exclusively till 3 months,21.1% till 6 months and 10.8%breast-fed infant receivi9ng formula before 2 days of age. Furthermore, no country had more than85% of baby’s breastfeeding within an hour of birth. Global estimates are that less than half (42%) of all newborns are put to the breast within the first hour of birth. So it becomes very important that new born babies get breast fed as soon as they are born and mothers should encouraged to do so. This part of the intervention has to be initiated by the nurses who are working in the Maternal health center in various settings. [2] The objectives of the study were to assess the knowledge of staff nurses regarding early initiation of breast-feeding, to assess the knowledge on practice of staff nurses regarding early initiation of breast-feeding, to evaluate effectiveness of planned teaching program on knowledge of staff nurses regarding early initiation of breast-feeding and evaluate the effectiveness of planned teaching program on knowledge on practice of staff nurses regarding early initiation of breast- feeding [3] Methodology: An evaluative research approach was used for the present study to accomplish the objective of determining, the effectiveness of planned teaching programme among staff nurses on early initiation of breast- feeding. One group pretest, post-test, pre experimental design was adopted for this study. One group pretest post -test is an experimental design in which, data are collected from research subjects, both before and after introducing the intervention. The sample of the present study comprises of 40 staff nurses working in Vydehi hospital. Purposive sampling technique was used for the study. Self-administered structured questionnaire was used to collect the data regarding knowledge and knowledge on practice of staff nurses. post test was conducted after 7th days of planned teaching programme. Results: The findings revealed that, the mean post- test knowledge score (18.22) of staff nurses is significantly higher t=(23.5) than the pretest knowledge score(6.52) as well as the mean posttest knowledge on practice score(9.1) of staff nurses is significantly higher t=(21.6) than the pretest knowledge on practice score(4.8). The analysis of the study findings indicates that planned teaching programme is an effective teaching method to enhance both the knowledge and knowledge on practice of staff nurses regarding early initiation of breast feeding. Conclusion: Therefore, the study concludes that the planned teaching programme is an effective strategy, where by the staff nurses can improve their knowledge and knowledge on practice regarding early initiation of breast-feeding and also put into practice for the future. Planned teaching programme can be used to enhance knowledge and motivate staff nurses to follow correct practices.