Abstract

Each year, nursing schools spend more on classroom supplies at the nursing lab to help nursing students develop their practical skills before clinical internships. To teach nursing students how to prepare for their experience in the clinic, the nursing school needs to purchase a variety of teaching tools. The objective of this study was to create a low-cost model of a newborn and umbilical cord so that nursing students could practice cutting severing newborns' umbilical cords in the nursing laboratory until they were proficient before entering the delivery department to care for newborns. The newborn and umbilical cord in a low-cost model was created in association with the nursing and engineering faculties. We created the differences between the original newborn model and the newborn and umbilical cord in a low-cost model: The newborn and umbilical cord in a low-cost model can move its limbs and use the remote to control the operation, in contrast to the original newborn model which can't move and doesn't cry. Data were collected from expert interviews and newborn and umbilical cord model tests using an assessment form. Data were analyzed using Descriptive statistics and content analysis.

The newborn and umbilical cord model is made from a hose that is cheaper and simple to cut, it is like a real umbilical cord so we can make our mannequins at a very low cost and effective.

Newborn and umbilical cord in a low-cost model can be used in practice. Reduce the cost of ordering teaching supplies.

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