Assessment of nurses-midwives practices regarding prolonged labor in Babylon Governorate

Abstract EN

Objective : to assess the nurse-midwives practices regarding prolonging labor in Babylon Governorate hospitals.

Methodology : Purposive sample of (57) nurse-midwives, which was selected from (6) hospitals included (3) General Hospital, (2) Maternity Hospital and Teaching Hospital.

These nurse-midwives represented several nursing educational levels.

A questionnaire was constructed for the purpose of the study, which was comprised demographic characteristics, information a bout nurse-midwives related to their ages, marital status, educational level, experience years in nursing and delivery, and attending midwifery courses through out their work.

Results : The study findings indicated that, there were a significant relation ship between the nursemidwives practices regarding prolonged labor and their ages (x2 = 23.434.

P < 0.05), Marital status (x2 = 12.088.

P < 0.05), and the experience years in delivery room (x2 = 17.8.

P < 0.05), while there was no significant relation between the nurse-midwives practices and their educational level (x2 =11.153.

P < 0.05).

The study concluded that these results regarding the nurse-midwives practices certainly unsatisfactory and effects the type of care given to laboring women with low progress labor.

Recommendation : The study recommended that an educational program can be designed and constructed for nurse-midwives through the program, an emphasis can be directed and oriented toward the laboring process.

The nurse-midwives can be encouraged for being participated in a special training programs designed and constructed to fulfill the nurse-midwives needs concerning defects and limitations in their practices.

collaborative work can be issued between ministry of health and higher education to provide such program.