Assessment of pre and post Neonatal Resuscitation program (NRP) training in a neonatal intensive care unit of Pakistan

Abstract

Objective: To determine the pre and post Neonatal Resuscitation Program (NRP) training score in a neonatal unit. Study Design: Quasi experimental study Place and duration of study: NRP training was conducted at Neonatal unit of CMH hospital, Rawalpindi on 20 September 2022. Methodology: A total of 111 participants were included through non-probability purposive sampling. Participants including doctors, specialists, nurses etc. who attended the NRP training of any age and both gender were included. It was a two days training procedure. All the participants were given pre training questionnaire and post training questionnaire. Pre and post evaluation of the questionnaires was done. SPSS v-26 was used for data entry and analysis. Descriptive and inferential statistics was applied. Results: A total of 111 participants were included with the mean age of 36.4±11.3 years. Gender distribution of study population showed 37% (n=41) male and 63% (n=70) females. The study population comprised on consultants (38.6%), nurses (25.4%), trainees (28.1%) and few medical officers (5.3%). The mean score percent of pre and post training assessment was calculated to be 61.72±19.65% and 85.8±10.9% respectively, which showed that post training score was improved after training with statistically significant findings (p<0.0001). Conclusion: It is concluded that the neonatal resuscitation program has proven to be effective in improving the knowledge and skills regarding neonatal resuscitation practice.