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@article{171716,
        author = {GIRIGOUD PATIL and SUDHIR INGALE and SACHIN PARAMASHETTI},
        title = {A STUDY TO ASSESS THE KNOWLEDGE REGARDING CARE OF INCUBATED NEWBORN AMONG 3rd YEAR B.Sc NURSING STUDENTS IN SELECTED COLLEGES AT TUMKUR},
        journal = {International Journal of Innovative Research in Technology},
        year = {2025},
        volume = {11},
        number = {8},
        pages = {659-664},
        issn = {2349-6002},
        url = {https://ijirt.org/article?manuscript=171716},
        abstract = {Background of the study: In the present study the data was collected on knowledge regarding care of incubated newborn among 3rd year B.Sc Nursing students.
Objectives of the study:
1. To assess the knowledge regarding care of incubated newborn among the III rd year B.Sc nursing students.
2. To find out the association between the knowledge and selected socio-demographic characteristics of IIIrd year bsc nursing students.
Methods: Descriptive research design was adopted for the present study. The Structured Knowledge Questionnaire was developed to collect the data. The pilot study was conducted among 20 3rd year B.Sc Nursing students of Akshaya College of Nursing on 02-05-2013 to find the feasibility of the study. The final study was conducted at Sridevi College of Nursing and Ramana Maharshi College of Nursing from 11-05-2013 to 23-07-2013 among 100 3rd year B.Sc Nursing students who were selected by using convenient sampling technique and the data collected was analyzed and interpreted based on Descriptive and Inferential statistics.
Results: Results also revealed that majority (53%) had poor knowledge, around (44%) had average knowledge and only (3%) had good knowledge regarding care of incubated newborn.
The present study showed that there was no statistically significant association between knowledge scores and selected demographic variables such as age, sex, type of family, educational status of father and mother.},
        keywords = {New born, Incubator, care, knowledge.},
        month = {January},
        }