Evaluation of nursing staff’s knowledge and practice regarding care of women with preterm birth

Abstract EN

Background : Preterm birth is an important perinatal health problem, contributing to increased mortality risk of children younger than 5 years directly and maternal mortality indirectly.

Thus, reducing the incidence and mortality of preterm birth is significant.

Objectives : To evaluate the nursing staff's knowledge and practices regarding caring for women with preterm birth.

And to find out the relationship between nursing staff's b knowledge and practices and their sociodemographic data.

Methodology : A descriptive design was conducted on the non-probability of (49) nurses from four hospitals in Baghdad city.

Results : 21(42.9%) of nursing staff have a fair level of knowledge, and 38(77.6%) have good practice.

There is a high significant relationship between nursing staff knowledge, practice and experience years.

Conclusion : the nursing staff having a moderate level of knowledge, and a high level of practice in the care of women with preterm birth.

Recommendations : Updating knowledge through training are important for nursing care of women who have given birth prematurely to improve their skills and performance to find appropriate solutions to the problems.