Knowledge of Basic Neonatal Resuscitation and Associated Factors Among Midwives and Nurses

What is it about?

Neonatal resuscitation is a means to restore life to a baby from the state of asphyxia. It is a single intervention of birth asphyxia. Over 1.2 million African babies are supposed to die in the first fourweeks of their life and many of them in the first 24 hours of birth in Sub-SaharanAfrica. The major cause of early neonatal death is neonatal asphyxia, which can be prevented by neonatal resuscitation. However, there is limited evidence on midwives’ and nurses’ knowledge of neonatal resuscitation in the study area. Therefore, this study aimed to assess the knowledge of midwives and nurses about neonatal resuscitation and its associated factors.

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Why is it important?

The level of knowledge among the midwives and nurses was very low. Being unmarried, holding BSc degree and above in educational status and received in-service neonatal resuscitation training had a positive influence on the knowledge of midwives and nurses about neonatal resuscitation, whereas working in West Hararghe health facility had less influence on the respondents knowledgeable on neonatal resuscitation. The governing office and providers should try to plan neonatal resuscitation training and upgrade nurses and midwives with a diploma education level to a BSc degree or higher level.

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