Nurse’s Knowledge about Maternal Near Miss Cases at Woman's Health Hospital, Assiut University | ||
| Assiut Scientific Nursing Journal | ||
| Article 1, Volume 8, Issue 22 - Serial Number 1, September 2020, Pages 1-10 PDF (1017.81 K) | ||
| Document Type: Original Article | ||
| DOI: 10.21608/asnj.2020.40025.1040 | ||
| Authors | ||
| Magda Ahmed Farahat* 1; Manal Alshamy2; Entisar Younes3; Ahmed Abbas4 | ||
| 1department of obstetrics& gynecology, faculty of nursing, Assiut, Egypt | ||
| 2department of obstetrics& gynecology,faculty of nursing, assiut | ||
| 3department of obstetrics @gynecology,faculty of nursing,assiut | ||
| 4department of obstetrics &gynecology, faculty of medicine, assiut university | ||
| Abstract | ||
| Background: Maternal morbidity and mortality remain unacceptably high in developing countries. Behind every maternal death, a lot of women suffered from acute and chronic obstetric complications. Women who survive severe acute maternal morbidities/near miss have many characteristics in common with maternal death events particularly on risk factors. The aim: Was to assess nurse’s knowledge about maternal near-miss cases at Woman's Health Hospital, Assiut University. Subjects and methods: This study was conducted at Woman's Health Hospital, Assiut University from June to November 2019, A descriptive cross-sectional study and a convenience sample of 146 nurses (126 diploma nurses and 20 baccalaureate nurse) was used. A self-administered structured questionnaire for nurses regarding maternal near-miss was used to collect the data. Results: The majority of nurses showed an inadequate level of knowledge about maternal near-miss cases in most of the items like (definition & causes of maternal near-miss, symptoms & management of shocking cases, their knowledge about postpartum hemorrhage, preeclampsia, pulmonary embolism as principal causes of maternal near miss) Conclusion: It was concluded that the knowledge of nurses on maternal near-miss cases was inadequate. Recommendations: Results suggests an urgent need for education and awareness programs for improvement in nurse’s knowledge regarding maternal near-miss cases. | ||
| Keywords | ||
| Keywords: Knowledge; Maternal Near-Miss cases & Nurses | ||
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