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Abstract
Postpartum hemorrhage (PPH) remains the leading cause of maternal death worldwide despite its often-preventable nature. The current study aimed to evaluate the effect of educational sessions about prevention of postpartum hemorrhage on nurses’ knowledge and skills. Design: A purposive research design was used to accomplish the aim of the current study at two settings labor unit and inpatient departments of Mansoura University Hospital, Daqahliya governorate, Egypt. All nurses (111) who are working at labor and post-partum departments were recruited. Tool: Data were collected using two tools (structured interview schedule & nurses knowledge about postpartum hemorrhage and observational checklist. Results of this study shows that, One tenth of maternity nurses had good knowledge & more than half had poor knowledge , less than one third of maternity nurses had correct performance & more than two thirds had incorrect performance about PPH before implementing educational sessions. While, become more than two thirds had a good knowledge & one tenth had poor knowledge, three quarters had correct performance & one quarter had incorrect performance after implementation of educational sessions.This study concluded that there was an obvious lack of nurses knowledge related to prevention of PPH as well as unsatisfactory performance before implementing of sessions compared to after implementation. Thus, there was statistically significant improvement in nurses knowledge as well as performance after implementation educational sessions.Thus, it is recommended to Conducting mandatory periodical training workshops for maternity nurses to update their knowledge and practices regarding PPH prevention and management.