Effectiveness of Structured Teaching Program upon Midwives’ Knowledge Concerning Progress of Labor in Al-Hilla Hospitals

To prevent the complications during the labor to the mother and the fetus, there should be an active monitoring of the mother as well as fetus during first stage. Promoting the health of women in labor is considered to be one active way of reducing maternal morbidity and mortality as well as ensuring universal access to reproductive health. A quasi-experimental design was carried out throughout the present study during September 26^th 2017 to December 20^th 2018. It aimed to assess the knowledge of midwives concerning nursing intervention during the first stage of labor for both groups (study and control) throughout an initial assessment. A Non-probability (purposive) sample were selected consisted of (50) nurse midwives who are working in the delivery rooms of Babylon Teaching Hospitals for Maternity and pediatric who attended the teaching program as the study group of (25) midwives and the other group of (25) midwives who were employed in the Al-Hilla General Teaching Hospital who did not attend the teaching program and considered as a control group. The study results revealed that the assessment of nurse midwives’ knowledge improved by related items after the implementation of the structured teaching program.