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A study of knowledge and skill among Nurses regarding basic neonatal resuscitation in selected districts of Chhattisgarh | Original Article

Sr. Jenifer D’Souza*, K. Uthramani, in Journal of Advances and Scholarly Researches in Allied Education | Multidisciplinary Academic Research

ABSTRACT:

Millions of newborns worldwide are not breathing at delivery every year, and the vast majority of them need some kind of infant resuscitation. Safe and healthy babies can only be ensured if delivery room staff has a solid grasp of infant resuscitation techniques. Finding out how well-versed nurses are in neonatal resuscitation was the driving force for this research. To assess nurses' familiarity with neonatal resuscitation techniques, a descriptive cross-sectional research was conducted. Participants were chosen using a census-style random selection process. The 86 nurses working in the maternity ward of the non-governmental health institution in the Parsa District were interviewed using a semistructured interview schedule, and their skills were evaluated using an observational rating scale. 93 of respondents had insufficient knowledge (85 score) and 90.7 had insufficient ability (85 score) in Newborn Resuscitation, according to the study's results. There are statistically significant correlations between the amount of time spent in the workforce (p=0.034), time spent working in a maternity ward (p=0.028), and completion of newborn resuscitation training (p=0.001), all of which contribute to a higher level of competence when it comes to resuscitating newborns. Findings showed a good connection between respondents' knowledge score and ability score on the same question about infant resuscitation (p0.0018). In this Study discuss the knowledge and skill among Nurses regarding basic neonatal resuscitation in selected districts of Chhattisgarh.