Effectiveness of an organized education program on specific obstetrical situations for nurses working in prenatal, postnatal, and labor rooms

Madhumita Rout

doi:10.36948/ijfmr.2025.v07i06.60381

Effectiveness of an organized education program on specific obstetrical situations for nurses working in prenatal, postnatal, and labor rooms

Author(s)	Ms. Madhumita Rout
Country	India
Abstract	Medical illnesses known as obstetric crises endanger the lives of expectant mothers and their unborn children. Approximately 15% of pregnant women experience a serious issue from conception until delivery. For nurses to succeed, they must be able to integrate competence, compassion, and critical thinking. Midwives must possess and develop the essential qualities needed to care for a woman experiencing an obstetric crisis. Objectives of the study: 1 to evaluate the pretest level of knowledge among nurses working in prenatal, postnatal, and labor rooms regarding specific obstetrical emergencies. 2. To evaluate the post-test level of knowledge about certain obstetrical emergencies among nurses employed in prenatal, postnatal, and labor rooms. 3. To evaluate how well nurses working in labor rooms, prenatal wards, and postnatal wards understand certain obstetrical emergencies through an organized teaching program. 4. To determine the relationship between nurses working in labor rooms, prenatal wards, and postnatal wards' awareness of specific obstetrical emergencies and their chosen demographic characteristics. Methods: This was a quasi-experimental study. The study used a quantitative research strategy as its methodology. Sixty staff nurses who worked in prenatal, postnatal, and labor rooms made up the sample. The data was gathered using a non-probability handy sampling strategy. Results: During the pre-test in this study, the sample's highest mean percentage (46.57%) was identified in the area of cord prolapse, followed by pregnancy-induced hypertension (40.72%) and postpartum hemorrhage (26.63%). The pre-test yielded an overall mean percentage of 22.55%. Pregnancy-induced hypertension had the highest mean percentage (54.61%) in the current study's post-test, followed by cord prolapse (50.14%), and postpartum hemorrhage (30.45%) had the lowest mean percentage. In the post-test, the overall mean percentage was 27.91%. Conclusion: Based on the study's findings, it can be concluded that the organized education program was successful in raising the staff nurses' knowledge levels in the labor room, prenatal, and postnatal wards. Additionally, since the mean knowledge score in the current study was the lowest in both the pretest and posttest, it is advised that even though staff nurses' knowledge has improved, more training programs in obstetrical emergencies, particularly postpartum hemorrhage, would be beneficial for the nurses.
Keywords	Effectiveness, knowledge, obstetric emergencies, nurses, postnatal & labour room
Field	Medical / Pharmacy
Published In	Volume 7, Issue 6, November-December 2025
Published On	2025-11-13
DOI	https://doi.org/10.36948/ijfmr.2025.v07i06.60381

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