Effectiveness of Structured Teaching Program on Knowledge and Practice Regarding MEOWS Chart Among Staff Nurses Working in Maternity Unit

Background:The high mother'sillness constitutes one of major concern worldwide.Mothers mortality has been like"the tip of the iceberg" while its base co-relates to the overall morbidity which occurs in mother due to health problems associated with pregnancy and postpartum.For every woman who dies from pregnancy-related causes, another 20-30 mother suffer the effects of acute or chronic morbidity causing permanent squeals.Modified Early Warning Score (MEOWS) was introduced to obstetric units in the UK to decrease mother's mortality by enhancing early diagnosis of clinical signs of collapse in mother who were evolving critical illnesses. Thevariables of vital signs for the MEOWS chartaccounts for this.The use of the MEOWS is a tool to assist the early identification and management of the diagnosis mothers. Methodology:In this study quantitative research approach with one-group pretest-posttest design is used. 50 staff nurses were selected by Non-probability convenience sampling technique Results:The findings of the study disclosed that the mean post test knowledge score was significantly higher than their meanpretest knowledges core. Thecalculated,t''value (t=12.565, p<0.001) was greater than the table value at 0.001 levels. Hence it is concluded that there was a highly significant increase in knowledge of labour room staff nurses through structured teaching programme regarding MEOWS chart. Therefore the formulated hypothesis (H1) was accepted at 0.05 levels of significance.