Today our topic of discussion is Traing of Dais.
Traing of Dais
Training of Dais
- The training will be residential for 6 working days at the postpartum centers or the rural family welfare and health centers where at least 50-60 deliveries are conducted per month
- The trainers would be the lady health visitors or public health nurse who is in charge of the labor room of the center under the overall guidance and supervision of the medical officer in charge
- The topic of the day would be covered using a flip chart in the morning for not more than 30 to 40 minutes. The dais should be given the opportunity to ask questions, clear doubts and interact with each other.
- The rest of the day there should be an agent in the antenatal clinics, labor room and in the maternity wards. The dais should also be exposed to antenatal check ups and counseling of pregnant women
- At each training session, there should be only 5 to 6 dais so that they can give individuals attention
- During the training session, each dai should be allowed to conduct to five deliveries under supervision.
Procedure to Teach Care
- Measurement of weight .
- Blood pressure measurement
- Detection of edema, anemia, etc.
- Antenatal checkup.
- Referral of cases
- Taking precautions during pregnancy and delivery
- Postnatal care of the mother
- Care of newborn and inspection of the newborn.
- Birth registration.
Stipend
During training 300 will be paid for each dai for the entire training period (1 month). During the training a picturized manual is given to each dai for their references.
Certification
All the dais who have attended twelve month training sessions and have conducted at least 10 deliveries under clean safe conditions and the health of the mother and the child have been safe up to 42 days after delivery will receive a certificate at a specially organized function on 11th May World Population Day every year at the PHC by the PHC medical officer.
- Dais are the important messengers they carry information to the community. They motivate community people or immunization, sterilization and birth spacing, etc.
- Dais will be able to give information or vital events that may have taken place after your last visit to the village.
Hygiene Practices of Dai During Nursing Care
- Remove bangles and ring before delivery and when caring for the mother
- Keep the mails clean and short
- Wash hands with soap before and during the labor and delivery
- Boil scissors and cord ties before cutting the cord
- Use only clean materials for vulva before, during and after labor.
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