Evaluation of Nurses’ Knowledge toward Abortion in Bint Al-Huda Teaching Hospital Tuama Alaa M.1, Mubarak Wasan Raheem2, Abud Ahmed Abudallh3 1University of Thi_Qar, Faculty of Nursing, Department of Community Nursing, Nasiriyah, Iraq 2University of Thi_Qar, Faculty of Medicine, Department of Gynecology, Nasiriyah, Iraq 3University of Thi_Qar, Faculty of Nursing, Department of pediatric nursing, Nasiriyah, Iraq Online published on 15 March, 2019. Abstract Objective: To evaluate nurses’ knowledge toward abortion at Bint Al-Huda hospital in Thi-Qar governorate. A purposive “non-probability” sample of (100) nurses who were selected from Bint Al-Huda hospital in Thi-Qar governorate for the period from October 1st 2015 to June 8th of 2017. The study results indicated that more than half of the participants age is within 19–25 years-old (61%); less than half of them has 2–5 years of working in nursing (43%); whereas more than half of them report that their level of education is preparatory (67%); the majority of them live in urban areas (99%); and more than half of the participants’ monthly income is sufficient (54%), and the study subjects’ responses to the overall knowledge were high with score (89%). Initiating training program; especially; for newly working nurses that aim to increase their knowledge and Increase awareness and education for Nurses workers in hospitals through posters, seminars, and media. Top Keywords Nurses, Knowledge, Abortion. Top |