Asian Nurs Res.  2016 Jun;10(2):94-99. 10.1016/j.anr.2016.03.001.

Inside a Postpartum Nursing Center: Tradition and Change

Affiliations
  • 1Department of Nursing, College of Health, National Taichung University of Science and Technology, Taichung, Taiwan. yehyc@nutc.edu.tw
  • 2School of Nursing & Midwifery, Griffith University, Queensland, Australia.
  • 3Faculty of Nursing, University of Calgary, Canada.

Abstract

PURPOSE
The purpose of this study was to explore how traditional ritual practices are incorporated into the context of contemporary healthcare.
METHODS
An ethnographic study was conducted, using observations and interviews with 27 first-time mothers and 3 nurses at a postpartum nursing center in Taipei, Taiwan.
RESULTS
Nursing routines, policies and care provision at the center affected the way traditional ritual practices were conducted. New mothers in this study constructed their everyday activities at the center by incorporating and modifying the ritual practices inside and outside the postpartum nursing center setting.
CONCLUSIONS
Social changes have an influence on traditional postpartum ritual practices so a postpartum nursing center becomes a choice for postpartum women. Thus, health care professionals should value their own functions and roles at the postpartum nursing center since the new mothers regard them as the primary support resource to help them recover from giving birth. Therefore, they need to re-examine their practices from the postpartum women's perspective to provide better support and sensitive care to postpartum women and their families.

Keyword

culture; nursing; postpartum period; qualitative research

MeSH Terms

Adult
Ambulatory Care Facilities/trends
Attitude of Health Personnel
Education, Nonprofessional
Female
Humans
Length of Stay
Medicine, Chinese Traditional/trends
Mothers/education/psychology
Nurse's Role
Nursing Process
Obstetric Nursing/*trends
Postnatal Care/*trends
Postpartum Period/*ethnology
Taiwan/ethnology
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