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Abstract
At birth the baby enters extra uterine environment which has low available humidity. In such an environment, the sick newborn is required to struggle for physiological adjustment for surviving. If they fail, it leads to newborn mortality and morbidity. The study aimed at Evaluate the effectiveness of demonstration among nursing students in terms of skills regarding assessment of Capillary refill time in . The research approach is Experimental with one group pre-test and post-test design. 80 B.SC (N) 3rd year students of M.M College of Nursing, Mullana, Ambala was purposively selected. Standardized WHO Observational checklist was used for assessing capillary refilling time in newborn. The reliability of tool was calculated by Inter rater reliability which was found to be 0.82. Formal permission from Principal of M.M College of Nursing and Medical superintendent of MMIMS&R Hospital Mullana Ambala. Written consent was taken from students for participation. Convenience sampling was used for selecting Hospital and Purposive Sampling Technique was used for nursing students. The data was collected from 80 B.SCN) 3rd year students. Findings of the final study revealed that in pre-test majority of the students (80%) had average level of skills whereas in post-test 1 (62.55%) had very good level of skills whereas in post-test 2 majority of the students (63.7%) had good level of skills regarding assessment of Capillary refill time. Computed chi square value of levels of skills of nursing students was not found to be statistically significant with demographic variables. at 0.05 level of signifigance. So, it is concluded that demonstration is an effective way of improving skills. Findings can be implicated in nursing practice, education, nursing administration and nursing research