Abstract

Umalakshmi P.*

ABSTRACT

Diarrhoeal disease in infancy still constitutes one of the chief problems in pediatric in most developing countries of the world, this study aims to assess the effectiveness of nursing care for child with acute gastric enteritis, Government Hospital, Kancheepuram. the study consisted of 10 underfive childrens affected with acute gastric enteritis, Research design of this study is evaluative research design convenient sampling technique was used, self structured checklist and rating scale was adopted, the study results shows that on assessment day the mean score was11.7 and standard deviation is 2.79 and the evaluation day the mean score was 24.7 and standard deviation is 4.50 and the „t? value is 11.27 there was a 0.01 level of significance in health condition of underfive childrens with acute gastric enteritis in first and seventh day of nursing intervention Government Hospital, Kancheepuram.