Evaluation of Nurses’ Knowledge toward Abortion in Bint Al-Huda Teaching Hospital

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 1^st 2015 to June 8^th 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.