TITLE:
Impact of Educational Programs about Methods of Assessment of Fetal Wellbeing during Pregnancy among Staff Nurses
AUTHORS:
Aida Abd El-Razek
KEYWORDS:
Fetal Wellbeing, Educational Program
JOURNAL NAME:
Open Journal of Obstetrics and Gynecology,
Vol.6 No.8,
July
20,
2016
ABSTRACT: Objective: Aims of the study are to study the impact of increased
knowledge and awareness among staff nurses towards assessment of methods of
fetal wellbeing to early identification of pregnancy outcomes and the frequency
of interventions during delivery. Design: A quasi-experimental design was used
in carrying out the study to impact knowledge and awareness assessment of
methods of fetal wellbeing among staff nurses. The study was conducted at
obstetric & gynecological department working at setting in Jarsh Governorate
Hospitals & Prince Hussein Bin Abdullah Hospitals. Methods: The study
sample consisted of all staff nurses working at obstetric & gynecological department
in Jarsh Governorate Hospital & Prince Hussein Bin Abdullah Hospitals who
have agreed to participate in the study. The current study has included 150
staff types of sample convenient sample. Results: The main findings of this
study showed that there is a highly statistical significance differences
between pre-test and post-test in all answers regarding knowledge about methods
of fetal wellbeing assessment. Conclusion: Nurses have a major role to prevent
the complication for the fetus and mother during pregnancy. Nurses coming in
contact with the antenatal mothers should take initiative to provide necessary
information to the women and the relatives on different methods used for the
assessment of fetal wellbeing, so as to improve the quality of life among the
pregnant women. For that they should adequate knowledge about all the aspects
of fetal wellbeing, so that they can prevent the complication.