Evaluation of nurses’ practices about management of main danger signs during pregnancy
Keywords:
nurses' practice, management, pregnancy, danger signsAbstract
Background: Globally, an estimated 10.7 million mothers died from 1990 to 2015 due to obstetric complications and maternal mortality remains high in developing countries.
Objective: the study aimed to evaluate nurses’ practice regarding the management of pregnancy with danger signs and to find out the relationship between these nurses’ practice and their demographic characteristics. Methodology: A descriptive study design was carried to evaluate nurses’ practice. A non-probability (purposive sample) of (50) of nurse who work in emergency words, labor room and maternal words. The questionnaire consists of two main parts (the first one is about nurses’ demographic characteristics and the second is nurses’ practice about managing danger signs in pregnant women).Results: The overall assessment of nurses’ practices about management of pregnancy with danger signs; the findings reveal that nurses are showing fair level of practices (78.14±5.047) among (96%) Conclusions: nurses’ practice about management of pregnancy with danger signs was fair level of practice.
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