Comparing the Pre - and Post - Test Level of Knowledge on Partogram among Fourth Year B.Sc. Nursing Students

The present study was formulated in order to compare pre- and post-test knowledge on partogram among fourth year B.Sc. nursing students. The target population of the study was 4th year B.Sc. Nursing student in Karnataka College of Nursing at Bangalore. A total number of 50 subjects were chosen for the study.A planned teaching program was selected for the study. In the present study the following tools were used (the first was consisted of 5 items related to demographic data of the subjects such age, Sex, religion, and previous exposure to training, and previous knowledge on partogram; and the second was a self-administered questionnaire consisted of 50 items on knowledge about partogram).Paired t-test was adopted to ascertain whether there is significant difference in the mean knowledge score of pre- and post-test values.The results obtained from the present study indicated that there is a significant difference between the pre- and post-test knowledge scores of respondents.