A STUDY TO ASSESS THE EFFECTIVENESS OF ICT ENABLED TEACHING INTERVENTION ON KNOLWEDGE REGARDING EXCHANGE TRANSFUSION IN NEONATES AMONG PEDIATRIC NURSES AT SELECTED HOSPITAL IN KANPUR, UTTAR PRADESH.
Abstract
Exchange transfusion is thought to be a safe and successful technique, it is not without risks complication have been observed, and mortality rates from 0.5 to 3.3%. therefore, the current guidelines for doing the procedure are based on, balanced between the risk of encephalopathy issues linked to the procedure. The present study was conducted in Shyam children and maternity hospital, Vighnesh Hospital, Mercy Hospital, Narayan Hospital in Kalyanpur, Kanpur, Uttar Pradesh. The data was collected by using self-structured knowledge questionnaire and analyzed by using descriptive and inferential statistics. The study findings revealed that among 30 pediatric nurses (46.66%) had moderately adequate knowledge, (26.67%) had adequate knowledge and (26.67%) had inadequate knowledge in pre-test. Overall majority of (73.33%) had adequate knowledge, (0%) had inadequate knowledge and (26.67%) had moderately adequate knowledge in post-test. The pre-test score was (18.33) and post-test score was (26.06) suggesting that the ICT Enabled Teaching Intervention was effective in increasing the knowledge of pediatric Nurses. The post-test mean score was 26.06 that was more than the pre-test mean score 18.33 of knowledge. When the mean, SD of pre-test and post-test were compared, the obtained ‘t’ value (9.06) was greater than table value at df 29 which was <0.05 level of significance, which shows that there is significant difference between pre-test and post-test knowledge regarding exchange transfusion in neonates. Demographic variable like age, gender, educational qualification, Marital status, previous knowledge and source of information regarding exchange transfusion in neonates were found non-significant at <0.05 level of significance. So, there was no association between the pre-test knowledge score and demographic variables.
Keywords: Exchange transfusion, pediatric Nurses, ICT Enabled Teaching Intervention.
