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RECOMMENDATION FOR ORAL EXAMINATION

This study entitled, “PROFICIENCY LEVEL ON POST-PARTUM CARE OF

SELECTED STUDENT NURSES AT PAMANTASAN NG CABUYAO” submitted

by; Rodelisa J. Dasmariñas, Cyreen D. Penalba, Yvette Diocampo, Angelyn

S. Actas and Albert O. Baeta, in partial fulfillment of the requirements for

the degree in Bachelor of Science in Nursing had been examined and

recommended for oral examination.

JONATHAN F. BERNABE, RN, MAED, MAN

Adviser

Thesis Committee:

EMELDA V. EXCIMINIANO, Ed.D

Statistician

JONATHAN F. BERNABE, RN, MAED, MAN

Editor
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APPROVAL SHEET

Approved by the committee on oral examination with a grade of

_________.

Panel of Examiners:

___________________________
Chairman

_____________________
Member

_____________________
Member

Accepted in partial fulfillment of the requirements for the degree in

Bachelor of Science in Nursing.

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NOEMI B. ABIT, RN, MAN

Dean, College of Nursing

ACKNOWLEDGEMENT

The researchers would like to thank significant persons who

contributed to the reality of this study particularly the faculty members

and staff of the College of Nursing at Pamantasan ng Cabuyao.

To the Dean of the College of Nursing of Pamantasan ng Cabuyao,

Prof. Noemi B. Abit, RN, MAN, for her moral support and encouragement

given to the researchers.

To the University President, Prof. Roberto Atmosfera for allowing us

to conduct our research questionnaires.

To our Clinical Instructors in the College of Nursing, allow us to

extent to you our unrelenting gratitude.

To our adviser, Prof. Jonathan Bernabe, RN, MAED, MAN, for his

indefatigable support and expertise to assist the researchers in the

conduction of the research study.

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To our Dear Parents, everything that we do today, we will reap

tomorrow. Thank you for your undying support, financially, morally and

spiritually.

Classmates and friends, who always there for us, we have shared all

the tears and joys of our college life.

And most of all our unending Praise and thanksgiving to the

Almighty GOD for all the blessings He has bestowed upon us during the

realization of this study, indeed it wasn’t an easy one. Nothing is

impossible with You!

The Researchers
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DEDICATION

To our family,

Friends, and to

GOD

This piece of work is humbly dedicated to all of you.

Angelyn
Lysa
Cyreen
Albert
Yvette
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ABSTRACT

THESIS TITLE : Proficiency Level on Post-Partum care of Selected

Student
Nurses at Pamantasan ng Cabuyao

RESEARCHERS : Rodelisa J. Dasmariñas

Cyreen D. Penalba
Yvette Diocampo
Angelyn S. Actas
Albert O. Baeta

SCHOOL : Pamantasan ng Cabuyao

Banay-Banay, Cabuyao, Laguna

DEGREE : Bachelor of Science in Nursing

ACADEMIC YEAR : 2009-2010

ADVISER : Jonathan F. Bernabe, R.N, M.A.ED, M.A.N

SUMMARY OF FINDINGS

This study investigated student the proficiency of the student

nurses in relation to care of post partum patient. Primarily it aims to
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seek solution in how to enhance skills necessary to provide nursing

care to mother and child.
Specifically, it intends to answer the following questions:

1. What is the profile of the respondents in terms of:

1.1 age,
1.2 gender,
1.3 monthly income,
1.4 cultural minority group, and
1.5 academic standing?

2. What is the proficiency level on post partum care of the

student nurses at Pamantasan ng Cabuyao in relation to:
2.1 Health Teachings,
2.2 Nursing Assessment,
2.3 Care planning,
2.4 Nursing Interventions and
2.5 Nurse Patient Interaction?

3. Is there any relationship between profile of the respondents

and their proficiency on Nursing Care on post partum patients?

4. Is there any difference in the proficiency level of caring of post

partum patients in the three groups of respondents classified
as:
4.1 Sophomore,
4.2 Juniors, and
4.3 Senior student nurses?

HYPOTHESIS

The following null hypotheses are intended to test in this study.

1. There is no relationship that exist between the profile of the
respondents and their proficiency on Post Partum Patient Care.
2. There is no significant difference on the proficiency of the three
groups of respondents on Post Partum Care.

PROFILE OF THE RESPODENTS

The age group of the respondents belong to 18-19 dominates over other
group which comprises 54% of the population. The least is 22 and
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above which has only 7 or 5% of the group. This means that the
respondents are in the late 20’s where some of the sophomore
students are older or there are some senior students who are also
beyond the school age. The junior students’ age group dominates,
since they are the biggest among the selected population and
triggered also by the differences in the age group of other groups of
respondents.
Female respondents dominate over male with a number of 112 or 77.3%
of the sample while male has only 33 or 22.7% of the population. This
is still that the nursing profession is mostly at the interest of female
than male who enrolled in the college of nursing.
The income level, most are having family earnings in between 10,001-
20,000 with the total number of 80 or 55% of the population which is
beyond the number of total respondents. The least is 50,0001 above
with only 4 or 2.7%.
In cultural group, unknown or unclassified place of origin dominated over
the others which have a number of 70 or 48.3% beyond the half of
the total population. While classified respondents are Tagalog with 52
or 39.3% and Visayan with 18 or 12.4% which is the least among the
group. The reason why unknown dominates over the other it is
because the NCR and Southern Tagalog Areas became melting pot
where other cultural minority group migrates in the province and
cities that cause mixed of native origin of all people.
In terms of academic standing, 1.75 is the most among the grade of the
respondents in NCM 101 lecture and RLE with an average number of
52 or 36% while the lowest is 2.75 with only 5 or 3.4% of the total
population. This means that respondents are belong to the above
average in terms of actual academic standing in their lectures and
clinical experiences as assessed by their clinical instructor.
Meanwhile, this study will find out if this is correlated with the present
proficiency level of the students in this study.

PROFICIENCY OF THE STUDENTS IN CARING FOR POST-PARTUM PATIENTS

The respondents are satisfactory in their performance of nursing care in

relation to health teaching with 3.42, 3.81 and 3.78 computed WM
and combined value of 3.67 rated as satisfactory, in nurse patient
interaction the respondents rating is 3.58, 3.25 and 3.75 with
computed combined weighted mean of 3.52 interpreted as
satisfactory. While nursing assessment, nursing intervention and care
planning are rated fair based on the combined weighted mean of
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3.03, 2.70 and 3.05 respectively. This means that the proficiency
levels of the respondents are at most in terms of provision of health
teaching and communication with the patients. The rests of the
proficiency parameters are in the average level and fair as
interpreted. It is because the curricula of nursing focus primarily in
the health education and nurse-patient interaction in the level 2 and 3
while leadership in level 4, that’s why dominancy of the proficiency
subsumed in the acquisition of mastery in communication and
teaching.

RELATIONSHIP OF PROFILE VARIEABLES AND PROFICIENCY OF STUDENT

NURSES

The results of the study shows that the age is insignificant in the provision
of health teaching justifies by the computed value of chi-square
18.566 at df 12 which lower to the tabulated value at 0.5 level of
significance conclude to the decision that the Ho is to be accepted.
This is mostly the same with gender having 8.942 lesser than the
tabulated value of 9.488 at df 4 come up with the decision to accept
the Ho at 0.5 level of significance. This means that age and gender
may not affect in the delivery of health teaching. Age group of various
levels in college of the 3 groups has no capacity to affect the methods
of delivery including the gender either male or female. Both are
having equal chance to provide appropriate health teachings to the
post-partum patient. Meanwhile, the monthly income, cultural group
and academic standing are significant to the health teaching with a
computed value of chi-square higher than the tabulated value at their
assigned degree of freedom such as 36.477, 32.211 and 27.222
respectively came with the decision to reject the Ho. This means that
monthly income might affect the delivery of health teaching including
the cultural group and academic standing.
Based on the findings of the study, age, gender and monthly income are
not significant with capacity of the respondents to make a nursing
assessment with their patients. This is justified by the computed
value of chi-square lower than the tabulated value resulting to the
rejection of Ho. Meanwhile, the cultural group and academic standing
are significant with the nursing assessment with a higher computed
value of chi-square than tabulated value resulting to the rejection of
Ho. This means that age, gender and monthly income may not affect
the formulation of nursing assessment but cultural group and
academic standing may do.
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All of the profile variables are found to be significant with the provision of
nursing intervention with the patient in relation to post-partum care
resulting to the rejection of Ho. The computed value of chi-square in
the five parameters of profile variables are higher than the tabulated
value at their respective degrees of freedom causing the Ho to be
rejected at 0.5 level of significance.
Based from the findings of the study, age, monthly income, cultural group
and academic standing are all significant to the care planning justified
by the higher computed value of chi-square than the tabulated value
resulted to the rejection of Ho. Meanwhile, the gender is insignificant
among other profile variables since the computed value is lower than
the tabulated value resulting to the acceptance of the Ho.
All of the profile variables are found to be significant with the provision of
nurse-patient interaction in relation to post-partum care resulting to
the rejection of Ho. The computed value of chi-square in the five
parameters of profile variables are higher than the tabulated value at
their respective degrees of freedom causing the Ho to be rejected at
0.5 level of significance.
Based from the computed Man Whitney U Test, the results revealed 125.00, 125.00,
75.00, 25.00 and 60.00 for health teaching, nursing assessment, nursing
intervention, care planning and nurse-patient interaction with a probability of
0.024, 0.024, 0.001, 0.000 and 0.00 respectively at the same sequence. The
results are all significant to each other resulting to the rejection of Ho. It means
further that the proficiency of the three groups of respondents in post-partum
care are mostly relevant to each other.

CONCLUSION
Based from the findings of the study, the researchers conclude
that:
Most of the respondents are belong to the age group of 18-19, dominants
are female, with a family income sufficient to the family basic needs,
belong to the unknown nativity and above average in the academic
standing in NCM 101 and RLE.
The proficiency based on the results of the study has health results where
respondents are satisfactory in their performance of nursing care in
relation to health teaching, in nurse patient interaction the are
satisfactory. While nursing assessment, nursing intervention and care
planning are rated fair based on the computed results.
Degree of relationship between profile variables and proficiency
parameters are varies from each other. Age is not mostly related
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together with gender, while at most income, cultural nativity and

academic standing are found to be significant to each other.
The extent of difference on the mean perception of the three groups of
respondents is significant. It means that their proficiency is related
and most similar to each other.

RECOMMENDATION

Based from the conclusion, the following are recommended by the

researchers:
Provide deeper foundation of knowledge to the students who are belong to
the native groups and had insignificant believes in the practice of
post-partum care.
Seek for the participation of the male student nurses to have balance on
the distribution of the respondents’ gender which may somehow
become significant to the post-partum care.
Include the development of 11 core competency standards in teaching
post-partum care to the students.
Enhancement of the RLE clinical focus must be done on the post-partum
care nursing assessment, nursing intervention and care planning.
Give actual hand-on on the students that develop their skills further on
post-partum care.

TABLE OF CONTENTS

Title Page
……………………………………………………………………………………………
Recommendation for Oral
Examination…………………………………………………..
Approval
Sheet……………………………………………………………………………………..
Acknowledgement…………………………………………………………………………
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Dedication
Abstract
Table of Contents
List of Tables
List of Figures

CHAPTER 1 The Problem and Its Setting

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Introduction
Statement of the Problem
Hypothesis
Objectives
Scope and Delimitation
Significance of the Study
Theoretical Framework
Conceptual Framework
Definition of Terms

CHAPTER 2 Review of Related Literature and Studies

Foreign Literature
Local Literature
Foreign Studies
Local Studies
Synthesis

CHAPTER 3 Methods of Research and Procedures

Research Design
Sampling Design
Research Instrument
Data Gathering Procedure
Statistical Treatment

Chapter 4 Presentation, Interpretation and Analysis of Data

Profile of the Respondents
Proficiency on Post-Partum Care of the Respondents
Relationship of Profile Variables and Proficiency in Post-Partum Care
Significant Difference on the Perception of the Groups of Respondents

Chapter 5 Summary, Conclusions and Recommendation

Summary of Findings
Conclusion
Recommendation

Bibliography
References

Appendices
Survey Questionnaire
Letters
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Curriculum Vitae

LIST OF TABLES
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Table 1 Frequency Distribution, Percentage and Rank of the

Profile Variables....................................................................

Table 2 Mean Rank of the Proficiency of the Student Nurses..................

Table 3 Profile Variables V.S Health Teaching.......................................

Table 4 Profile Variables V.S Nursing Assessment..................................

Table 5 Profile Variables V.S Nursing Intervention................................

Table 6 Profile Variables V.S Care Planning..........................................

Table 7 Profile Variables V.S Nurse-Patient Interaction..........................

Table 8 Degree of Difference on the Proficiency Level of the Three

Groups of Respondents..........................................................
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LIST OF FIGURES

Figure 1 Mercer’s Theory on Maternal Role

Attainment…………………………

Figure 2 Research
Paradigm……………………………………………………………….