Impact of maternity nurses attitudes and beliefs toward abortion patients on physical and psychological care from the women's perspectives

Maternity nurses' attitudes and beliefs towards abortion may remain as a potential obstacle to timely prompt, accurate and easily accessible abortion care. Therefore, the aim of study was to identify the impact of maternity nurses' attitude and beliefs toward abortion on physical and psychological care from the women's perspectives. the study was conducted at the El-shatby maternity hospital throughout a period of three months, using a cross-sectional analytical design on almost available [3o] maternity nurses who are working on abortion ward and [100] women who were recently undergoing abortion. Tools of data collection: [1] Socio-demographic and biological data sheet concerned with characteristics of both the maternity nurses and the women, [2] Abortion Attitude Scale, [3] Belief-based attitude scale and [4] Interviewing data sheet to elicit data about Physical and Psychological Care of abortion. The main study findings showed that, there were no significant associations between the maternity nurses' core attitude toward abortion for reasoning of protecting the women health and the main physical and psychological care provided for them in accordance with their perspectives. Meanwhile, there is significant association between previously identified attitude and one of main psychological care However, there is significant association between the nurses' believe toward abortion for the reasoning of unwanted child and the one of principal physical care. Moreover, there is highly significant association between the nurses' believe toward abortion for the reasoning of protecting women life and principal psychological care. Moreover, the study concluded that, there are significant associations between some of maternity nurses' main attitudes and believes and principal of both physical and psychological care from women's perspectives. In the light of the study results, it is recommended that further research is suggested to study quality of abortion care standards and the patient overall satisfaction regarding the care provided

effect of two rhythmic breathing [cleansing and light breathing] on labor pains for primiparous women during the first-stage of labor

Rhythmic breathing is one way the women cope with labor. Labor Pains is frequently reported symptoms over witch women and caregiver had little control. This study research was utilized to examine the effect of cleansing breathing compared with light breathing, on labor pains during the active phase of the first stage of labor. Research design was a prospective quasi-experimental trial. Setting was labor ward of El-shatby maternity university hospital with a uniform active labor management. Participants' were 50 women primiparae, low risk women, at term, in true spontaneous labor, and have single viable fetus. 25 women had a cleansing breath -as a control group-. And 25 women had a light breathing -as a study group-. Labor pain [assessed by means of a visual analogue scale] [VAS] and cervical dilatation assessed in centimeter. The main study results were annoying pain was mentioned by 24% of the control group before demonstrating cleansing breathing compared to 52% after intervention. While, 12% of the study group mentioned annoying pain before and after the light breathing. On the other side agonizing pain was stated by 4% of the control group compared to one fifth [20%] of the study group before using the rhythmic breathing compared to none in both groups after practicing the breathing There was a highly significant difference between both the cleansing breathing group and the light breathing group in relation to mean VAS after using the rhythmic breathing were P = 0.000. From this research the researcher concluded that, labor pains can be greatly minimized with any of the two rhythmic breathing management techniques in respect to cervical dilatation. The researcher recommended that further researches are necessary to identify the effect of various non-pharmacological pain relieve methods on labor pains and its relation to maternal perception about these methods