Knowledge and Practice on Partogram among Staff Nurses

Geetha.C, Saranya.S

Abstract: The study was aimed to assess the knowledge and practice on Partogram among staff nurses in Mahatma Gandhi Medical College And Research Institute at Pondicherry. Non-experimental descriptive design was used.30 Staff nurses were selected as samples by random Sampling Method. A structured questionnaire on knowledge, and checklist for practice was administered to assess the knowledge. The major findings of the study related to knowledge on Partogram, 9 (30.0 %) of respondents belongs to good, 17 (56.7 %) of respondents belongs to poor, and 4 (13.3 %) of respondents belongs to very poor level of knowledge on Partogram and Findings related to practice on Partogram, 15 (50 %) of respondents belongs to good, 14 (46.7 %) of respondents belongs to average, and 1 (3.3 %) of respondent belongs to poor level of practice regarding Partogram.

Keywords: Knowledge, Practice, Partogram, Staff nurses