Educational Program for Enhancing Maternity Nurse Students’ Competence Standards Regarding Intrapartum Care

Abstract

Background: Competency refers to one's ability to apply certain levels of Knowledge and skills to produce specific outcomes according to some pre-test standards. These standards are external criteria of best practice to which current performance can be compared. This study aimed to evaluate the effectiveness of educational program for enhancing of maternity nurse students' competence standard regarding Intrapartum care at Ain Shams University Hospital. A quasi-experimental research design was utilized (time-series one group). A purposive Sample of 70 female nurse students in the Faculty of Nursing at Ain shams University was included in this study. Data were collected through three tools (1) personal data assessment sheet, (2) Maternity Competency Standards Checklist, and (3) Knowledge assessment sheet. Results: There were significant differences (p