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Objective:-To determine the outcomes of Instructional programon Nurse/Midwife Knowledge Concerning Genital warts.

Methods:-Adescriptive analytic study was conducted on a purposive sample of (100) nurses and midwives who is working at Al-KarkhMaternity Hospital, data was collected from 2 February to 10 April 2017. Determination of validity and reliability through the pilot study of (10) of nurses and midwives. Descriptive and inferential statistic was used to analyze the data.

Results:-The finding of the study shows the highest percentage of study sample (19%) within age group (20-24) years,(47%) was married, half of them are graduated from midwifery secondary school,(42%) have less than one years' experience and work in maternity word,(81%) was heard about genital warts before and one third of them heard from another nurse, most of sample dose not participate in any educational course about genital warts, and half of them are treated with genital warts patients. The result of the study through pretest showed that the knowledge of nurse/midwife is very weak information about genital warts. After the instructional program and through the posttest found a good progress of information. The study recommended monthly statistical report about genital warts, provide special cards to follow up the patients, with focusing on provide continuing education courses for nurse/midwife, with inclusion the disease as dangerous sexual transmitted diseases, and future studies to provide information for researchers. Conclusion:-The study concludes that there is a significant lack of knowledge concerning genital warts among study sample. However the …