ABSTRACT:The study was conducted on 35 primi para mothers admitted in Krishna hospital, Karad. A evaluative survey approach was considered. Study design was descriptive purposive sampling technique was used. The instrument used for data collection was a structured interview schedule. RESULTS: The present study found that 11(31.42%) having good knowledge, 22(62.85%) having average knowledge and 2(5.71%) having poor knowledge. Related to attitude of mothers majority of 20(57.14%) having average attitude of breast feeding and 19(54.28%) mothers were not using knowledge of practice for giving breast feeding to new born baby. CONCLUSION: Majority of 60% mothers having good knowledge of breast feeding but they were not practicing the knowledge of breast feeding. Also there was no association found in-between knowledge, attitude, and practice with socio-demographic variable. OBJECTIVES: To assess knowledge, attitude and knowledge of practice regarding breast feeding. To find an association between knowledge, attitude and knowledge of practice with demographic variable.

The continual improvement of service quality in healthcare units has become a prime consideration to ensure patient satisfaction across the world in the modern economic scenario. In India, health sector is one of the largest and fastest growing sector in which both the private and government care providers and hospitals put much emphasis on quality improvement and patient satisfaction. National Accreditation Board of Hospitals and Healthcare Providers (NABH) along with Quality Council of India provided the criteria based on which quality standard of hospitals is determined. The study was conducted on 51 newly recruited staff nurses at Krishna Hospital, Karad. An evaluator survey approach was considered. Study design was used one group pre-test, post-test design. Purposive sampling technique was used. RESULTSThe study was conducted on 51 newly recruited staff nurses at Krishna Hospital, Karad. An evaluator survey approach was considered. Study design was used one group pre-test, post-test design. Purposive sampling technique was used. CONCLUSIONStudy concludes majority of newly recruited nursing staff having 19.38% average knowledge and 17.85% having average practice towards NABH guidelines. Knowledge and practice score of newly recruited nursing staff between the pre-test and post-test was highly significant. OBJECTIVES 1) To assess newly recruited staff nurses knowledge and practice towards NABH guidelines. 2) To find an association of knowledge and practice between pre-test and post-test of PTP programme on NABH guidelines.