A Study to Assess the Effectiveness of Planned Teaching Programme on Knowledge Regarding Oxytocin Drug Administration among Midwives in Selected Hospital of Kanpur

Safe childbirth is the responsibility of the maternity nurse by promoting and preserving the health of the mother and fetus. A group of drugs called “Oxytocin’s” are commonly administered to expectants mothers for the management of abortions, post-dated pregnancy, labor and puerperium. A Study to Assess the Effectiveness of Planned Teaching Programme on Knowledge Regarding Oxytocin Drug Administration among Midwives To determine the level of knowledge of midwives regarding oxytocin drug administration as measured by a structured knowledge questionnaire. To evaluate the effectiveness of a planned teaching programme on oxytocin drug administration as measured by gain in knowledge scores. To find the association of pre-test knowledge scores of midwives regarding oxytocin drug administration with selected demographic variables. The aim of the study is to evaluate the effectiveness of planned teaching programme .In this research study, the research approach adopted for the study was quantitative research approach and the research design was Descriptive design setting of the study was selected in Regency hospital, Kanpur and the population was labour ward Nurses of regency hospital, Kanpur. The sample size 40 Midwives, selected by convenient sampling technique. Post-test Knowledge Score regarding Oxytocin Drug Administration showing that highest percentage 62.5% were have Average knowledge , 27.5 % were having Good knowledge and only 10% were have Poor knowledge. The mean total knowledge score before intervention was 11.03 which were increased to 16.5 after intervention. The paired ‘t’test 11.67 was found, Obtained value (11.67) is greater than table value (2.04) at the level of 0.05.