The scale for body image concerns during pregnancy: Development and validation.

Purpose: This study aimed to develop a scale that measures body image concerns during pregnancy.

Design And Methods: The study administered draft of the scale for validity and reliability analysis to 320 pregnant women who visited the maternity polyclinic of a public hospital in eastern Turkey between February and May 2016.

Findings: The Cronbach's alpha reliability coefficient of the entire scale was 0.

Effect of episiotomy training with beef tongue and sponge simulators on the self-confidence building of midwifery students.

This study assesses the efficacy of simulation-based episiotomy training (SBET) with beef tongue and sponge models in terms of the self confidence of midwifery students while performing episiotomy. Third-year midwifery students from Cumhuriyet University in the fall semesters of 2011 and 2012 were enrolled in the sponge and beef tongue model groups (n = 36 and n = 37, respectively). A checklist was prepared on the required skills for performing episiotomy which can be broken into three main parts, namely preparation, cutting and repairing and completion.

Assertiveness and problem solving in midwives.

Background: Midwifery profession is required to bring solutions to problems and a midwife is expected to be an assertive person and to develop midwifery care. This study was planned to examine the relationship between assertiveness and problem-solving skills of midwives.

Materials And Methods: This cross-sectional study was conducted with 201 midwives between July 2008 and February 2009 in the city center of Sivas.