Being a “Warrior” to Care for the New Family: A Meta-ethnography of Nurses’ Perspectives on Municipal Postnatal Healthcare
Care in the postnatal period is a goal for all families with a newborn baby, and support from nurses might prevent long-term health problems and contribute to a positive postnatal experience. This meta-ethnography aims to integrate and synthesize qualitative studies that illuminate and describe nurs...
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| description | Care in the postnatal period is a goal for all families with a newborn baby, and support from nurses might prevent long-term health problems and contribute to a positive postnatal experience. This meta-ethnography aims to integrate and synthesize qualitative studies that illuminate and describe nurses’ perspectives on municipal postnatal health care in high-income countries. Systematic literature searches for qualitative studies were conducted and 13 articles were included. The analysis followed the seven phases of Noblit and Hare. Being a “warrior” to care for the new family was identified as an overarching metaphor accompanied by three main themes: Stretching human boundaries, Stretching system boundaries , and Stretching knowledge boundaries. The overarching metaphor offers a deeper understanding of the nurses as “warriors” who despite tight timeframes and heavy workloads are stretching toward a caring relationship with the families. Being a warrior continuously pushing system boundaries puts the nurses in risk of being overstretched, balancing between their ideals and the reality. As more knowledge and clearer policies and procedures regarding the inclusion of fathers and LGBTQ parents in municipal postnatal healthcare are needed, more focus placed on the father or non-birthing parent, different cultural traditions and family constellations in practice and education is suggested. |
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| spelling | doaj.art-1780b7665244403d931391af255ea1952023-12-25T15:03:22ZengSAGE PublishingGlobal Qualitative Nursing Research2333-39362023-12-011010.1177/23333936231218843Being a “Warrior” to Care for the New Family: A Meta-ethnography of Nurses’ Perspectives on Municipal Postnatal HealthcareBente Kristin Høgmo0Marit Alstveit1Terese Bondas2University of Stavanger, NorwayUniversity of Stavanger, NorwayUniversity of Stavanger, NorwayCare in the postnatal period is a goal for all families with a newborn baby, and support from nurses might prevent long-term health problems and contribute to a positive postnatal experience. This meta-ethnography aims to integrate and synthesize qualitative studies that illuminate and describe nurses’ perspectives on municipal postnatal health care in high-income countries. Systematic literature searches for qualitative studies were conducted and 13 articles were included. The analysis followed the seven phases of Noblit and Hare. Being a “warrior” to care for the new family was identified as an overarching metaphor accompanied by three main themes: Stretching human boundaries, Stretching system boundaries , and Stretching knowledge boundaries. The overarching metaphor offers a deeper understanding of the nurses as “warriors” who despite tight timeframes and heavy workloads are stretching toward a caring relationship with the families. Being a warrior continuously pushing system boundaries puts the nurses in risk of being overstretched, balancing between their ideals and the reality. As more knowledge and clearer policies and procedures regarding the inclusion of fathers and LGBTQ parents in municipal postnatal healthcare are needed, more focus placed on the father or non-birthing parent, different cultural traditions and family constellations in practice and education is suggested.https://doi.org/10.1177/23333936231218843 |
| spellingShingle | Bente Kristin Høgmo Marit Alstveit Terese Bondas Being a “Warrior” to Care for the New Family: A Meta-ethnography of Nurses’ Perspectives on Municipal Postnatal Healthcare Global Qualitative Nursing Research |
| title | Being a “Warrior” to Care for the New Family: A Meta-ethnography of Nurses’ Perspectives on Municipal Postnatal Healthcare |
| title_full | Being a “Warrior” to Care for the New Family: A Meta-ethnography of Nurses’ Perspectives on Municipal Postnatal Healthcare |
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| title_full_unstemmed | Being a “Warrior” to Care for the New Family: A Meta-ethnography of Nurses’ Perspectives on Municipal Postnatal Healthcare |
| title_short | Being a “Warrior” to Care for the New Family: A Meta-ethnography of Nurses’ Perspectives on Municipal Postnatal Healthcare |
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