Nurses Knowledge about Application of Skin to Skin Contact in Delivery Room

Abstract

 Background: The oxytocin signaling pathways in both the baby and the mother are optimized by skin-to-skin contact at delivery. Oxytocin lessens the newborn's stress reaction to birth while inducing protective and sensitive caring characteristics in the mother.
Objectives: Assessment of nurses-midwife's knowledge about application of skin to skin contact.
Methodology: A descriptive study has been piloted to nurses-midwives;
the data has been composed through a questionnaire format through interview with the study sample The questionnaire format is comprised of two parts, Demographic characteristics of nurses-midwives and Assessment knowledge of nurses-midwives about skin to skin. A purposive (nonprobability) sample which consisted of (65) nurses-midwives. The sample which collected from Al-Elwia Maternity
Teaching Hospital, Ibn Al -Balidy for Maternity and Pediatric Hospital & Fatima Al-Zahra for Maternity and Pediatric Hospital. Data are investigated through the use Excel (Statistical package) and Descriptive statistic was used to analyze data
Results: The outcomes of the study shown that the highest percentages (30.76%) at age group (20-29) years, (76.9%) for the married, the study revealed that the most nursesmidwives you have sufficient knowledge about skin to skin contact.
Conclusions: The study founded that the most nurses-midwives have adequate knowledge about application skin to skin for newborn.