ABSTRACT:
Pregnancy is a time of joy and celebrations, a time of congratulations, good wishes. Most pregnancies end with birth of a live baby to a healthy mother. For some, however child birth is not the joyous event, but a time of pain, fever, suffering and even death. parental education on recognition of warning signs are important during pregnancy. Every complication will be followed by warning signs. The pregnant women must also be wise to be aware of any signs of trouble. When the unexpected occurs, she may need prompt treatment to protect the baby. conduct a study to assess the knowledge of selected warning signs during pregnancy among primigravida women. Thereby it was decided to prepare the information booklet for the use of primigravida mothers related to warning signs of pregnancy. In the Present study, Pre-test score revealed 100% had inadequate knowledge on warning signs of pregnancy. Post-test score revealed 16.67% had inadequate knowledge and 83.33% had adequate knowledge on warning signs of pregnancy. Based on this study the findings showed that structured teaching programme has a significant effect in improving knowledge of primigravida antenatal mothers on warning signs of pregnancy.
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Prabhavathi KP. Effectiveness of a Structured Teaching Programme on Warning Signs of Pregnancy among Primigravida women in selected Maternity Hospital. International Journal of Nursing Education and Research. 2025;13(2):112-6. doi: 10.52711/2454-2660.2025.00023
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Prabhavathi KP. Effectiveness of a Structured Teaching Programme on Warning Signs of Pregnancy among Primigravida women in selected Maternity Hospital. International Journal of Nursing Education and Research. 2025;13(2):112-6. doi: 10.52711/2454-2660.2025.00023 Available on: https://ijneronline.com/AbstractView.aspx?PID=2025-13-2-11
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