Experiences of obstetric nurses and midwives receiving a perinatal bereavement care training programme: A qualitative study
AimTo explore obstetric nurses and midwifery professionals’ experiences with the Perinatal Bereavement Care Training Programme (PBCTP) after implementation.DesignA qualitative descriptive design was used.MethodThis qualitative study was conducted at a tertiary level maternity hospital in China. The...
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| author | Jialu Qian Jialu Qian Shuyi Chen Cecilia Jevitt Shiwen Sun Man Wang Xiaoyan Yu |
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| description | AimTo explore obstetric nurses and midwifery professionals’ experiences with the Perinatal Bereavement Care Training Programme (PBCTP) after implementation.DesignA qualitative descriptive design was used.MethodThis qualitative study was conducted at a tertiary level maternity hospital in China. The PBCTP was implemented at Women’s Hospital School of Medicine, Zhejiang University from March to May 2022. A total of 127 nurses and 44 midwives were invited to participate in the training. Obstetric nurses and midwives studied a 5-module training programme comprised of eight online theoretical courses and submitted a reflective journal after each session. Semi-structured interviews were conducted with 12 obstetric nurses and four midwives from May to July 2022 as a post-intervention evaluation. Thematic analysis was used in data analysis.FindingsA total of 16 participants in this study ranged in age from 23 to 40 years [mean age (SD), 30 (4) years]. Six main themes within participants’ experiences of PBCTP intervention were identified: participants’ aims of undertaking the training; personal growth and practice changes after training; the most valuable training content; suggestions for training improvement; directions for practice improvement; influencing factors of practice optimization.ConclusionNursing and midwifery professionals described the PBCTP as satisfying their learning and skills enhancement needs and supporting positive changes in their care providing for bereaved families. The optimized training programme should be widely applied in the future. More efforts from the hospitals, managers, obstetric nurses, and midwives are needed to jointly contribute to forming a uniform care pathway and promoting a supportive perinatal bereavement care practice. |
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| spelling | doaj.art-90de27f2259e46a08802a458234f6f052023-03-15T04:47:15ZengFrontiers Media S.A.Frontiers in Medicine2296-858X2023-03-011010.3389/fmed.2023.11224721122472Experiences of obstetric nurses and midwives receiving a perinatal bereavement care training programme: A qualitative studyJialu Qian0Jialu Qian1Shuyi Chen2Cecilia Jevitt3Shiwen Sun4Man Wang5Xiaoyan Yu6Faculty of Nursing, Zhejiang University School of Medicine, Hangzhou, ChinaDivision of Midwifery, Department of Family Medicine, Faculty of Medicine, University of British Columbia, Vancouver, BC, CanadaDepartment of Thyroid and Breast Surgery, Huashan Hospital Affiliated to Fudan University, Shanghai, ChinaDivision of Midwifery, Department of Family Medicine, Faculty of Medicine, University of British Columbia, Vancouver, BC, CanadaDepartment of Obstetrics, Women’s Hospital, School of Medicine, Zhejiang University, Hangzhou, ChinaFaculty of Nursing, Zhejiang University School of Medicine, Hangzhou, ChinaDepartment of Obstetrics, Women’s Hospital, School of Medicine, Zhejiang University, Hangzhou, ChinaAimTo explore obstetric nurses and midwifery professionals’ experiences with the Perinatal Bereavement Care Training Programme (PBCTP) after implementation.DesignA qualitative descriptive design was used.MethodThis qualitative study was conducted at a tertiary level maternity hospital in China. The PBCTP was implemented at Women’s Hospital School of Medicine, Zhejiang University from March to May 2022. A total of 127 nurses and 44 midwives were invited to participate in the training. Obstetric nurses and midwives studied a 5-module training programme comprised of eight online theoretical courses and submitted a reflective journal after each session. Semi-structured interviews were conducted with 12 obstetric nurses and four midwives from May to July 2022 as a post-intervention evaluation. Thematic analysis was used in data analysis.FindingsA total of 16 participants in this study ranged in age from 23 to 40 years [mean age (SD), 30 (4) years]. Six main themes within participants’ experiences of PBCTP intervention were identified: participants’ aims of undertaking the training; personal growth and practice changes after training; the most valuable training content; suggestions for training improvement; directions for practice improvement; influencing factors of practice optimization.ConclusionNursing and midwifery professionals described the PBCTP as satisfying their learning and skills enhancement needs and supporting positive changes in their care providing for bereaved families. The optimized training programme should be widely applied in the future. More efforts from the hospitals, managers, obstetric nurses, and midwives are needed to jointly contribute to forming a uniform care pathway and promoting a supportive perinatal bereavement care practice.https://www.frontiersin.org/articles/10.3389/fmed.2023.1122472/fullbereavement carequalitativepregnancy lossmedical educationtraining |
| spellingShingle | Jialu Qian Jialu Qian Shuyi Chen Cecilia Jevitt Shiwen Sun Man Wang Xiaoyan Yu Experiences of obstetric nurses and midwives receiving a perinatal bereavement care training programme: A qualitative study Frontiers in Medicine bereavement care qualitative pregnancy loss medical education training |
| title | Experiences of obstetric nurses and midwives receiving a perinatal bereavement care training programme: A qualitative study |
| title_full | Experiences of obstetric nurses and midwives receiving a perinatal bereavement care training programme: A qualitative study |
| title_fullStr | Experiences of obstetric nurses and midwives receiving a perinatal bereavement care training programme: A qualitative study |
| title_full_unstemmed | Experiences of obstetric nurses and midwives receiving a perinatal bereavement care training programme: A qualitative study |
| title_short | Experiences of obstetric nurses and midwives receiving a perinatal bereavement care training programme: A qualitative study |
| title_sort | experiences of obstetric nurses and midwives receiving a perinatal bereavement care training programme a qualitative study |
| topic | bereavement care qualitative pregnancy loss medical education training |
| url | https://www.frontiersin.org/articles/10.3389/fmed.2023.1122472/full |
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