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- Title
Effectiveness of Education Program on Nurse-Midwife's Knowledge Regarding Immediate Newborn Care in Delivery Rooms at Maternity Hospitals in Baghdad City/Iraq.
- Authors
Hussein, Wafaa Adnan; Abbas, Iqbal Majeed
- Abstract
Immediate newborn care is the care given to newborns in the transitional period (immediately after birth) which crucial to their survival. Nurses- midwives require adequate knowledge and skills to provide immediate newborn care. The study was aimed at determining the effectiveness of education program on nurses- midwives' knowledge before and after the implementation of an educational program regarding immediate newborn care in delivery room among study sample. Quasi-experimental study was conducted from 1st October 2019 to 20th January 2021 at three maternity teaching hospitals in Baghdad city/Al-Russafa Health Directorate: Al-Elwiya Maternity Teaching hospital, Fatema Al- Zahra Maternity and Pediatric Hospital, Al- Za'faraniyah General Hospital. Non-probability (convenient sample) used to collect the data from (40) participant (nurse-midwife) who work in delivery room that considered as study sample. The results of study indicated that nurses- midwives' knowledge assessment before the implementation of an educational program for study sample was moderate related to immediate newborn care in delivery room. There were high significant differences in participants' knowledge at pretest and posttest before and after the implementation of education program for study sample. Socio- demographic and professional variable were no significant effect on their knowledge. The study findings showed that program had been an effective method of increasing the nurses- midwives' knowledge about immediate newborn care in delivery room.
- Subjects
BAGHDAD (Iraq); IRAQ; NEWBORN infants; PROGRAM effectiveness (Education); HOSPITAL birthing centers; URBAN hospitals; WOMEN'S hospitals; CHILDREN'S hospitals
- Publication
Indian Journal of Forensic Medicine & Toxicology, 2021, Vol 15, Issue 3, p5069
- ISSN
0973-9122
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.37506/ijfmt.v15i3.16240