The Partograph, a graphic recording of progress of labour and salient conditions of the mother and fetus. The partograph serves as an “early warning system” and assists in early decision on transfer, augmentation and termination of labour. Quasi experimental study was conducted to evaluate the effectiveness of planned teaching programme on partograph to assess and compare the knowledge and practice of staff nurses in experimental and control group, to determine the relationship between the knowledge and practice of staff nurses regarding partograph before and after the administration of planned teaching programme & to determine the association of level of knowledge and practice of staff nurses regarding partograph with selected variables. The design was pre­test post­test control group. Sixty staff nurses, 30 in experimental group and 30 in control group were selected by convenient sampling technique. Staff nurses from MMIMS&R Hospital Mullana, Ambala & Civil Hospital Ambala City were selected. Structured knowledge questionnaire and structured simulation situations were used to generate the required data. The mean post test knowledge score (23.73+ 2.95) and mean post test practice score (54.53+3.89) in experimental group were higher. than control group and were found statistically significant at 0.05 level of significance. A moderate positive correlation (0.231) was found between knowledge and practice score of staff nurses. There was significant association between gain in knowledge score of staff nurses and their previous education. Study concluded that planned teaching programme was effective in enhancing knowledge and improving the practice of staff nurses regarding partograph. 

Keywords: Pregnancy; Augmentation; Partograph.