Effectiveness of Education Program on Nurse-Midwife’s Knowledge Regarding Immediate Newborn Care in Delivery Rooms at Maternity Hospitals in Baghdad City/Iraq

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.