Effectiveness of an instructional program on nurses-midwifes' knowledge about application of ethical rules at the delivery room

Abstract

Background: Midwives in the delivery room, like other health care providers, face a number of ethical dilemmas that they must solve in an ethical and professional manner. Therefore, assessing Midwives’ knowledge is an essential step to assure the optimum level of professional nursing services. Aim(s): To assess nurses – midwives’ knowledge about application of ethical rules and to determine the effectiveness of an instructional program on nurses – midwives’ knowledge about application of ethical rules at the delivery room . Also to examining the relationship between nurse- midwives’ knowledge and their demographic characteristics. Design: Quiz experimental design (one-group pretest–posttest design). Methods: Non- probability purposive sample consisted of 50 nurse-midwives who worked during the data collection phase in the delivery room. Data collection process started May 2021 - June 2022. The data-collection tool contains 20 multiple-choice questions about nurses-midwives' knowledge of professional ethics that reflect the main components of the Iraqi Code of Ethics .Results: The study showed a clear improvement after the ethical intervention program in the information of nurses-midwives, according to the results.