Comparative study to evaluate effectiveness of Traditional teaching and Video Assisted simulation on knowledge regarding orogastric tube insertion in premature infants among 3rd year B.Sc students

Abstract

Background: Insertion of gastric tubes in newborns hospitalized in neonatal intensive care unit is one of the most commonly performed nursing procedures which is indicated for gastric decompression, administration of medications and mainly for feeding the gastric tube process, and despite being a standard procedure for nurses working in NICU, it is not risk free and involves decisions that may compromise patient safety. Methodology: A quantitative approach with quasi experimental two group pre-test – post-test design was adopted for the study. The samples from the selected nursing college of Belagavi district were selected using convenient sampling technique. The sample consisted of 60 3rd year B.Sc Nursing students. The tools used for data collection was structured knowledge questionnaire. Results: With respect to traditional teaching and video assisted simulation, the statistical paired‘t’ implies that the difference in the pretest and post-test value was found statistically significant at 5% level (P