Korean J Women Health Nurs.  2016 Dec;22(4):308-321. 10.4069/kjwhn.2016.22.4.308.

Nurses' Experiences of Caring for Disabled Women during Pregnancy and Childbirth

• Lee EJ

• KMID: 2364633
• DOI: http://doi.org/10.4069/kjwhn.2016.22.4.308

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.

Keyword

Woman with disability; Pregnancy; Childbirth; Nurse; Phenomenological study

MeSH Terms

Female
Humans
Methods
MP3-Player
Nursing Care
Parturition*
Pregnancy*
Smartphone
Statistics as Topic

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