[A study on the personal experience and competence of student nurse midwives in the performance of episiotomy repairs]. / 'N ondersoek na die persoonlike ervaring van bevoegdheid van studentvroedvroue in die uitvoer van episiotomie-hegtings.

A non-experimental, descriptive study was conducted to determine the knowledge and efficiency of student midwives in the performing of episiotomy repairs. A questionnaire was administered to 50 students from the two universities and affiliated colleges in the Western Cape. Sixty percent (N = 30) of the respondents regarded themselves as efficient. However, only one of these respondents had all the necessary knowledge concerning perineal repairs with 15 (50%) of these respondents' knowledge that could be considered as insufficient. Fifty-four percent of the respondents (N = 27) considered it necessary to repair more than 3 episiotomies in order to feel confident.