“A study to assess the effectiveness of an informative booklet on knowledge regardingnursing care of under-five children with severe dehydration among third year BSc. Nursing students of a Sumandeep Nursing College ,Vadodara”

Abstract

BACKGROUND OF THE STUDY: Dehydration is a common concern in under-five children, as they are more vulnerable to fluid and electrolyte imbalances. Untreated dehydration can lead to devastating consequences such are shock, electrolyte imbalance and even death. As nurses are primary care givers it is very crucial for them to have knowledge regarding fluid electrolyte as it can save the complication and save a life.

AIMS AND OBJECTIVES: To assess the level of knowledge regarding nursing management of under-five children with severe dehydration among Third year B.Sc Nursing students and to find the association between knowledge scores of Third year B.Sc Nursing students regarding nursing management of under-five children with severe dehydration with selected socio-demographic variables.

MATERIALS AND METHODS: Pre- experimental one group pre-test-post-test design was selected to assess effectiveness of an informative booklet on nursing care of under five children with severe dehydration among third year BSc Nursing students, Vadodara. A Non-probability convenience sampling technique was adapted to obtain a sample size of 84 respondents. Data was collected through self-structured knowledge and demographic questionnaire and an information booklet was provided to them after the pretest. Post test was conducted after seven days using the same questionnaire to assess the effectiveness of the information booklet. RESULTS: Frequency and percentage distribution shown that According to their gender, maximum 57(96.7%) were female students and 27(3.3%) were male students. This study reveals that Third year B.Sc nursing student have 85 (89.47%) moderate knowledge regarding nursing management of under-five children with severe dehydration and association observed between knowledge score with demographic variables .In mean pre-test knowledge score was 17.03± 5.6 and in mean post-test knowledge score was 30.6±3.29, with mean difference of 13.56 and the calculated‘t’ value is (19.27) that is greater than the table value (1.67) at the 0.05 level of significance. Hence it has been found that the information booklet was effective in providing knowledge regarding nursing management of under-five children with severe dehydration. So the research hypothesis is accepted. And there is no significance association between the pre-test level of scores and the selected demographic variables as the calculated chi-square values were more than the table value at the 0.05 level of significance. This study pre-test result reveals that majority that is 89% students have moderate knowledge regarding nursing management of under-five children with severe dehydration association observed between knowledge score with demographic variables. It was found that the information booklet was effective in providing knowledge regarding nursing management of under-five children with severe dehydration. So the research hypothesis is accepted. There is no significance association between the pre-test level of scores and the selected demographic variables as the calculated chi-square values were more than the table value at the 0.05 level of significance.

CONCLUSION: These results of the study revealed that student knowledge regarding nursing management of under-five children with severe dehydration has moderate knowledge