DOI: 10.36347/sjams.2021.v09i06.015

Pages: 851-903

Background: Obstetrics is one of the most common specialties to encounter malpractice claims. Some of the obstetric malpractice claims are related to poor nurse –midwives obstetric communications. The Situation, Background, Assessment and Recommendation (SBAR) model has been suggested as a channel to facilitate effective communication between healthcare professionals, developed for health care. Objective: To assess the effect of SBAR (Situation, Background, Assessment, and Recommendation) on maternal health report documentation accuracy. To determine the effect of adopting SBAR practice and communication tool in emergency and delivery settings. To find out the differences in the practice and communication of nurse –midwives before and after SBAR implementation. To develop a script paper based on SBAR tool for nurse –midwives. To assess the relationship between of self-assessment and researcher evaluation of maternal scenario application competency of nurse-midwives using SBAR tool. Method: A quasi-experimental design was carried out with the application of pre- posttest for nurses-midwives’ knowledge regarding SBAR communication tool. The study is held in Al-Elwia maternity teaching hospital, Al –Karkh maternity hospital and Al-Yarmouk general teaching Hospital from 26/3/2017-to- 30/4/2018. The study aims to assess the Educational Program concerning Nurse- Midwives SBAR Tool Communication on Maternal Health Documentation at Maternal wards in Baghdad Maternity Hospitals and to assess the relationship between self-assessment and researcher evaluation of maternal scenario application competency of nurse-midwives using SBAR tool applying during fit time. The study sample consist of Non-probability (purposive) sample consisted of (84) nurse- midwives. The questionnaire comprised of demographic data, nurses- midwives knowledge of SBAR using (3) level Likert scale for assessment, with Cut –off point (2). Content validity was determined through (21) experts. ...............