Introduction

Labour, the process of giving birth is often a difficult time for many pregnant women. Almost all (94%) of maternal deaths occur in developing countries (World Health Organisation 2019). It is seen that most of the complications occur during the labour process. One of the tool recommended by the World Health Organization utilized by midwives to effectively manage labour is the photograph. Therefore, this study is aimed to determine the proportion of knowledge and practice level of nursing staffs and to find out the association between the level of knowledge and socio- demographic variables and also with level of practice level and socio demographic variables.

Methodology

A quantitative research approach with descriptive study design was used among 50 staff nurses working in the selected hospitals (Lila Hospital, Kanapukur rural hospital, and Krishnapur rural Hospital) in Murshidabad, West Bengal. A self-structured questionnaire had used to assess the knowledge level and self- structured checklist had used to access the practice level of the participants regarding utilization of photograph and categorize the participant’s knowledge and practice level in three categories (Good, average and poor) respectively.

Results

It was seen among 50 participants, majority of them had average knowledge (66%). Level of practice regarding partograph was 06% had poor, 30% had average and 64% had good practice level regarding use of partograph. It also showed statistically that age, gender, qualification level, etc demographic variables had significant Association with knowledge level at the level of significance P <0.05 and also age, gender, qualification level, years in service, etc demographic variables had significant Association with practice level at the level of significance P < 0.05.

Conclusion