Nurses' Experiences of Caring for Disabled Women during Pregnancy and Childbirth.
10.4069/kjwhn.2016.22.4.308
- Author:
Eun Joo LEE
1
Author Information
1. College of Nursing, Jeju National University, Jeju, Korea. flym2m@jejunu.ac.kr
- Publication Type:Original Article
- Keywords:
Woman with disability;
Pregnancy;
Childbirth;
Nurse;
Phenomenological study
- MeSH:
Female;
Humans;
Methods;
MP3-Player;
Nursing Care;
Parturition*;
Pregnancy*;
Smartphone;
Statistics as Topic
- From:Korean Journal of Women Health Nursing
2016;22(4):308-321
- CountryRepublic of Korea
- Language:Korean
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Abstract:
PURPOSE: This phenomenological study was to describe and to understand nurses' experiences of caring for woman with disability during pregnancy and childbirth. METHODS: Participants were 13 nurses from 3 hospitals and 2 local clinics in J city, and were selected through snow-balling method. Data were collected two face to face, semi-structured interviews. The researcher used MP3 player and smart phone for recording as well as transcription process. As for the data analysis, Colaizzi's method was applied. RESULTS: Nurses' experiences were structured as four theme clusters: ‘Communicating between/among nurses’, ‘Recognizing pregnancy and childbirth of woman with disability’, ‘Taking care of woman with disability based on their differences’ and ‘Reflecting on nursing care for woman with disability’. CONCLUSION: It seemed that nurses' recognition to woman with disability and her pregnancy and childbirth was related their nursing care for woman with disability.
