American Journal of Advances in Nursing Research

ASSESSMENT OF KNOWLEDGE REGARDING HUMAN MILK BANKING AMONG NURSING STUDENTS

Chitra A. I, Haritha C, Pooja M, Priyanka B. V, Sandhya P, Suwetha S. P

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Breast milk, Neonatal intensive care unit, Human Milk bank.

Infants who would otherwise not be able to receive human milk are provided with human milk by human milk banks. Necrotizing enterocolitis, which causes necrotizing enteropathy, and sepsis, which causes sepsis, lead to the greatest benefit for premature infants. Taking into account and treating donor breast milk as a human body substance is essential. An interview on serological screening and a physician's consent are required for all blood donors. Objective: We assessed nursing students' knowledge regarding human milk banking and determined if it is associated with selected demographic variables as well as their level of knowledge regarding human milk banking. Methodology: Descriptive study without experimental components. This study used both descriptive and inferential statistics to assess nurse officers' knowledge levels using the structured questionnaire. In terms of human milk banking, most nursing officers (73.38%) had inadequate knowledge. According to the findings, no significant relationships were found between the level of knowledge and a selection of demographic variables, such as the year of study, the educational status of the father, the occupation of the mother, income generated by the family, the type of family, and previous knowledge about human milk banking. However, there was a significant association between level of knowledge and the demographic variables Age, Mother's education, and Father's occupation. In the present study, nursing students were assessed for their knowledge of human milk banks. They found that the students generally had inadequate, moderately adequate, and adequate knowledge of human milk banks. Nursing students need to be educated about human milk banking and the registration process, and this study emphasizes the importance of assessing their knowledge so that new education strategies can be developed