Assessment of Nurse Midwives Knowledge Regarding Nursing Care of Post-partum Hemorrhage at Al-Najaf AL-Ashraf City Hospitals Mohammad Hanan N.1,*, Khaleel Muna A.2 1MSc. Student, Maternity Department, College of Nursing, University of Babylon, Hilla City, Iraq 2Professor, Community Health Nursing Department, College of Nursing, University of Babylon, Hilla City, Iraq *Corresponding Author: Hanan N. Mohammad, College of Nursing, University of Babylon, Hilla City, Iraq, Email: 74hanan74@gmail.com
Online published on 23 December, 2019. Abstract A descriptive cross-sectional study design was conducted from 30/July/2018 to 29/July/2019 to meet the previously mentioned objectives. All nurse midwives (n=150) were included who works at the hospital of AL-Najaf AL-Ashraf Province. The result of the study revealed that the mean overall knowledge score of the study participants for all domains was (1.91) which indicated that the overall knowledge of nurse-midwives in Al-Najaf AL-Ashraf city hospitals regarding nursing care of PPH was (fair). the overall knowledge score about prevention of PPH was (1.87) which is also considered (fair). The result of the current study also revealed that there is a significant positive correlation had been found between age of participants and their overall knowledge score (R = 0.412, p. value = 0.004). Other significant positive correlation was found between duration of experience in delivery room (R = 0.575, P. value = 0.001) and a significant direct (positive) correlation was found with receiving training courses or workshops (R = 0.243, P. value = 0.043). Top Keywords Nurse-midwives, knowledge, postpartum hemorrhage, prevention. Top |