Determination of Midwives And Nurses' Knowledge Level Who Were Given Partograph Training

Aim: The aim of this study is to assess midwives and nurses' knowledge and skills of the partograph before and after the training. Methods: This cross-sectional study was conducted in Balikesir in Turkey. This study was 45 midwifes and nurses who were given partograph training. A scale measuring the partograph knowledge before and after the training was administered and participants were asked to mark on the partograph by giving a case sample to measure skills of using partograph. The questions prepared to measure knowledge of the partograph were multi-item propositions. Correct answers to the partograph knowledge questions were scored "2", missing answers were scored "1" and wrong answers or unanswered questions were scored "0". Results: Partograph knowledge score averages were meaningfully higher in midwives and nurses who worked in obstetrics clinics, who used partograph and who received partograph training previously (p