2019, Vol. 2, Issue 2, Part A

Methodology: research approaches adopted for the study was pre-exprimental research design. The research design selected for this study was a pre experimental one group pre – test post-test design. non probability convenient purposive sampling technique. The study was conducted on staff nurses working in labour room of selected hospital of Indore (M.P.). The sample size was 80 staff nurses.

Results: The data was analyzed by descriptive and inferential statistics. The knowledge gained through self-instructional module was good as it was evidence with a highly significant difference (t=20.99 for knowledge, p< 0.001 two tailed) and (t=6.05 for practice, P< 0.001 two tailed) between the mean post-test (X₂=14.50 for knowledge and X₂ =7.64 for practice) and pre-test (X₁=10.55 for knowledge and X₁ =5.51 for practice). There was a significant association between the pre-test knowledge score, practice score and all the taken variable like age of staff nurses, professional education, clinical experiences in labour room, he standard parameter of partograph used in labor room.

Conclusion: The self-instructional module was found to be an effective strategy for providing information and for improving the knowledge and practices of staff nurses. It was well appreciated and accepted by the staff nurses. The more researches on Partograph will find better outcome for preventing maternal mortality and morbidity.