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Effectiveness of Video Assisted Teaching Programme on Knowledge Regarding Phototherapy for Neonatal Jaundice among Third Year B.Sc. Nursing Students

Chinnasamy Azhagesan, Associate Professor, Mins College of Nursing, Latur, Maharashtra 413512, India. , Chinnasamy Azhagesan* , S.S. Saravanan** , Sivanathan N.T.***

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International Journal of Pediatric Nursing 3(2):p 21-24, . | DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.21088/ijpen.2454.9126.3217.4
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Background: Phototherapy consists of exposing infants to blue light, which is close to ultraviolet light on the light spectrum. Infants with jaundice caused by high levels of bilirubin, a byproduct of the breakdown of old red blood cells are exposed to the light, which changes the shape of the molecule, allowing the body to excrete it properly. The aim this study to assess the knowledge of Third Year B. B. Sc, Nursing Students with neonatal jaundice on effects of phototherapy. Material Method: A quasi experimental study used to conducted a total number of students were selected 30 B.B.Sc Nursing Student in MINS College of Nursing, latur, in July 2016.With their demographic variable, data was collected by using structure questionnaire before and after video teaching programme the data was interested using descriptive and inferential statistics. Result: The result of the study revealed that video teaching effective as the knowledge score shows improvement from ‘Inadequate’ (76.6%) to ‘inadequate’ 2(6.6%) from pretest to posttest respectively. There was a significant difference found between pretest and posttestknowledge, at p< 0.05 level. A significant association found between knowledge and demographic variables like age, sex, previous experience and experience‘t’ test (2.02) at p<0.05 level. Conclusion: Majority of students demographic variables are highly signifience after the video teaching programme the hypothesis is accepted.

Keyword: Phototherapy; Video Teaching; Newborn and Nursing Student

  

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  • Chinnasamy Azhagesan, Associate Professor, Mins College of Nursing, Latur, Maharashtra 413512, India.
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  • Chinnasamy Azhagesan*
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  • S.S. Saravanan**
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  • Sivanathan N.T.***
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