Effectiveness of Structured Teaching Program on Staff Nurses' Knowledge of Obstetric Drugs in Maternity Wards

A midwife is described as a skilled and accountable member of the healthcare team who works in collaboration with women to deliver pivotal care, intervention, and support during pregnancy, labor, and the postpartum period. This care includes the management of healthy pregnancies and identification of potential complications while safeguarding both maternal and neonatal outcomes. Midwives will increasingly be required to have knowledge and apply medications in labor settings, to manipulate labor (uterotropics), augment contractions (uterotonics), or to intervene with preterm labor (tocolytics). An understanding of uterine physiology is important for comprehending how these drugs will function, and what developing practice will be required in the intervention of the medications. Midwives need to have a working understanding of drugs such as oxytocics, ergots, prostaglandins, and the various tocolytic options, providing the most efficacious option for maternal and fetal well-being during labor and delivery. Midwifery errors may be a result of erroneous usage due to distractions, rushing, errors in labeling of medications, miscommunication or fatigue; midwifery requires diligent practice requiring careful attention to ensure that error is prevented.