A STUDY TO ASSESS THE EFFECTIVENESS OF SKILL STATION ON KNOWLEDGE AND PRACTICE REGARDING ASSESSMENT INFANT AMONG NURSING STUDENTS FROM SELECTED NURSING COLLEGES OF SANGLI MIRAJ, KUPWAD CORPORATION AREA

Abstract

Accurate infant assessment is an essential component of pediatric nursing practice. Nursing students require both theoretical understanding and psychomotor competence to perform anthropometric assessment correctly. Skill station teaching provides structured demonstration, guided practice and feedback in a controlled learning environment. The research Objectives were to assess the effectiveness of skill-station teaching on knowledge and practice regarding infant assessment among nursing students. Methods used in this study a quantitative evaluative approach with a quasi-experimental one-group pre-test–post-test design was used among 80 third-year, sixth semester B.Sc. Nursing students from selected nursing colleges in the Sangli–Miraj–Kupwad Corporation area. Data were collected using a structured knowledge questionnaire and an observational checklist for infant anthropometric assessment. Descriptive statistics and paired t-test were used for analysis. Results found that the before the intervention, 4 (5.0%) students had poor knowledge, 65 (81.2%) had average knowledge and 11 (13.8%) had good knowledge. After skill-station teaching, none had poor knowledge, 7 (8.8%) had average knowledge and 73 (91.2%) had good knowledge. The mean knowledge score increased from 17.7875 ± 3.2166 in the pre-test to 24.025 ± 2.2668 in the post-test. The paired t-test was −14.7223 (p < 0.05), indicating a statistically significant improvement. Practice performance also showed improvement across assessment domains including weight, length, head circumference, chest circumference, mid-upper-arm circumference and mid-thigh circumference. finally, conclusion that within the limitations of the study design, skill-station teaching was associated with significant improvement in knowledge and better observed performance of infant anthropometric assessment among nursing students.