scholarly journals Childbearing Women’s Experiences of Early Pushing Urge

2016 ◽  
Vol 6 (1) ◽  
pp. 19-26
Author(s):  
Monica Celesia ◽  
Antonella Nespoli ◽  
Sara E. Borrelli
Keyword(s):  
Phenomenological Study ◽  
Maternity Hospital ◽  
A Posteriori ◽  
Women’S Experiences ◽  
Women's Experiences ◽  
Semistructured Interviews ◽  
Women’S Perceptions ◽  
Bodily Sensations ◽  
Qualitative Phenomenological ◽  
Qualitative Phenomenological Study

AIM: To explore childbearing women’s experiences of early pushing urge (EPU).STUDY DESIGN: A qualitative phenomenological study was undertaken in an Italian maternity hospital. The sample included 8 women that experienced EPU during labor. Data were collected through semistructured interviews.FINDINGS: The findings are presented as three main themes: (a) women’s perceptions of EPU, (b) bodily sensations versus midwives’ advice: struggling between conflicting messages, and (c) the “a posteriori” feeling of women about midwives’ guidance during EPU. The perception of EPU was characterized by sense of obstruction, bone pain, and different intensity of pushing efforts when compared with those of the expulsive phase. Women found it difficult to follow the midwife’s suggestion to stop pushing because this contradicted their bodily sensations. However, the women recognized a posteriori the importance of the midwife’s support while experiencing EPU. Women appreciated the midwives’ presence and emotional support most of all because they seemed to be more concerned with the personal relationship they formed in labor rather than the usefulness or appropriateness of their advice.CONCLUSION: Midwives should consider women’s physical perceptions to help them cope with EPU, acknowledging that women may struggle when caregivers’ suggestions are in contrast to their physical perceptions. The women’s overall positive experiences of birth suggest that EPU might be considered as a physiological event during labor, reinforcing the hypotheses of previous research. The optimal response to the EPU phenomenon remains unclear and should be studied, considering EPU at different dilatation ranges and related clinical outcomes.

scholarly journals Experiences and coping with the altered body image in digestive stoma patients

2016 ◽  
Vol 24 (0) ◽  
Author(s):  
César Hueso-Montoro ◽  
Candela Bonill-de-las-Nieves ◽  
Miriam Celdrán-Mañas ◽  
Sandra Milena Hernández-Zambrano ◽  
Manuel Amezcua-Martínez ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Body Image ◽  
Behavioral Interventions ◽  
Phenomenological Study ◽  
Cognitive Behavioral ◽  
Conditioning Factors ◽  
Semistructured Interviews ◽  
Cognitive Behavioral Interventions ◽  
Qualitative Phenomenological ◽  
And Coping ◽  
Qualitative Phenomenological Study

ABSTRACT Objective: to describe the coping of stoma patients with the news about the ostomy, as well as to analyze the meaning and the experience of their new bodily reality. Method: qualitative phenomenological study undertaken through semistructured interviews with 21 stoma patients. The analysis was based on the constant comparison of the data, the progressive incorporation of subjects and triangulation among researchers and stomal therapy nurses. The software Atlas.ti was used. Results: two main categories emerge: "Coping with the news about receiving a stoma" and "Meaning and experience of the new bodily reality". The informants' answer varies, showing situations that range from the natural acceptance of the process to resignation and rejection. The previous experiences of other family members, the possible reconstruction of the stoma or the type of illness act as conditioning factors. Conclusions: the coping with the news about the stoma is conditioned by the type of illness, although the normalization of the process is the trend observed in most informants. Nursing plays a fundamental role in the implementation of cognitive-behavioral interventions and other resources to promote the patients' autonomy in everything related to care for the stoma.

scholarly journals Perinatal care experiences of immigrant Syrian women: a qualitative phenomenological study

2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
Burcu Avcibay Vurgec ◽  
Sule Gökyildiz Surucu ◽  
Cemile Onat Köroglu ◽  
Hibe Ezzo
Keyword(s):  
Thematic Analysis ◽  
Health Care Professionals ◽  
Phenomenological Study ◽  
Immigrant Women ◽  
Perinatal Care ◽  
Language Barrier ◽  
Women’S Experiences ◽  
Women's Experiences ◽  
Care Systems ◽  
Qualitative Phenomenological

Background: Adverse birth outcomes of immigrant women and neonates are associated with the quality of perinatal care. For this reason, examining immigrant women’s experiences of perinatal care is necessary if host country care systems are to respond appropriately to migration. Aims: The aim of the study was to evaluate the perinatal care experiences of immigrant women. Methods: The qualitative phenomenological design used in the study enabled to make an in-depth exploration of immigrant women's experiences. The participants were 24 women who had a pregnancy within the past 6 months and lived in Adana, Turkey, between September and December 2019. Data were collected using a semi-structured form through the snowball method. Qualitative data were analysed using the thematic analysis method. Results: The participants’ mean age was 21.41 [standard deviation (SD) 3.86] years. Mean age at first pregnancy was 17.27 (SD 4.59) years. It was determined that immigrant women received insufficient maternity services. In thematic analysis, 4 main themes indicating barriers to sufficient perinatal care were identified. The barriers to maternal care services were: language barrier, cultural incompatibility, decreased social support and inadequate information. Conclusion: Our findings indicated that perinatal care for immigrant women was inadequate and their experiences were generally negative. Although the barriers seem separate, they are actually intertwined, with the language barrier appearing to be the main one. Innovative approaches are needed to solve this problem. Mobile applications that translate instantly can be used by both immigrant women and health care professionals.

Experiences of School Nurses Caring for Newly Arrived Immigrant and Refugee Children

2021 ◽  
pp. 105678792199151
Author(s):  
Jacqueline A Brady ◽  
Meghan L Underhill-Blazey ◽  
Pamela J Burke ◽  
Christina S Lee ◽  
Elizabeth P Howard ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Phenomenological Study ◽  
School Nurses ◽  
Refugee Children ◽  
Health Issues ◽  
Physical And Mental Health ◽  
Semistructured Interviews ◽  
Immigrant And Refugee ◽  
Qualitative Phenomenological ◽  
Urban Public School ◽  
Qualitative Phenomenological Study

Newly arrived immigrant and refugee children are faced with significant physical and mental health issues and often rely on school nurses for care and connection to healthcare. The purpose of this qualitative phenomenological study was to explore urban public school nurses’ experiences caring for newly arrived children. Data were collected through one-time in-depth semistructured interviews with school nurses ( n = 20). Three relational themes were identified: (1) Trials and Triumphs: Telling Stories About Newly Arrived Children; (2) Walk a Mile in My Shoes; and, (3) Being a Trusted Health Navigator. The Role of School Nurses in the Context of Trauma emerged as the constitutive pattern. The current study enhances our understanding of the unique role played by school nurses as they address the profound needs of newly arrived children and their families, many of whom have survived trauma and face a number of barriers to accessing care.

Adult Immigrant Journeys: Occupational Downgrading and Continuously Evolving Selves

2021 ◽  
Vol 32 (1) ◽  
pp. 5-16
Author(s):  
Jan Adversario
Keyword(s):  
Adult Learning ◽  
Phenomenological Study ◽  
Possible Selves ◽  
Professional Experiences ◽  
Future Selves ◽  
Research Questions ◽  
Qualitative Phenomenological ◽  
Adult Immigrants ◽  
Possible Selves Theory ◽  
Qualitative Phenomenological Study

This qualitative phenomenological study examined the occupational downgrading experiences of six adult immigrants. Occupational downgrading happens when an individual’s occupation post immigration does not match his or her education credentials and previous professional experiences. The goal is to make sense of the participants’ narratives through the lens of possible selves theory. Therefore, the research questions guiding this study were (1) How do occupational downgrading experiences of immigrants shape their integration to the U.S. workforce? and (2) How can we make sense of the participants’ narratives through the lens of possible selves theory? Phenomenological interviews served as the main source for data collection. In addition, artifacts allowed the participants to enrich their stories. Themes that emerged from the participants’ occupational downgrading experiences include underemployment, shift in status, language barrier, feeling of discrimination, and lack of inspiration at the new job. Looking at past, present, and future selves, the participants’ narratives were examined first through identity transition processes: separation, transition, and reincorporation. The study adds to a developing body of literature focusing on the possible selves of adult immigrants experiencing occupational downgrading. In particular, they inform who is participating in adult education. Likewise, this study centralizes the immigrant as participant to adult learning; it provides new narratives of adults in transition.

“God, why?”: The Experience of Mothers from the Israeli Ultra-Orthodox Sector after their Child’s Disclosure of Sexual Abuse

2021 ◽  
pp. 088626052110219
Author(s):  
Aiala Szyfer Lipinsky ◽  
Limor Goldner
Keyword(s):  
Sexual Abuse ◽  
Minority Groups ◽  
Phenomenological Study ◽  
Meaning Making ◽  
Initial Step ◽  
Well Being ◽  
Structured Interviews ◽  
Drawing Task ◽  
Qualitative Phenomenological ◽  
Qualitative Phenomenological Study

Studies dealing with the experiences of non-offending mothers from the general population and minority groups after their child’s disclosure of sexual abuse are scarce, and studies on mothers from the Jewish ultra-Orthodox community are non-existent. This study takes an initial step in filling this gap by exploring how the normalization of sexual abuse shapes these mothers’ experiences. A qualitative phenomenological study was conducted on a sample of 21 mothers from the ultra-Orthodox sector whose children had been sexually abused. It consisted of in-depth, semi-structured interviews of the mothers followed by a drawing task on their experience. The analysis of the interviews yielded four central themes: the role of social stigmatization and religion on the mother’s ability to share her child’s abuse; the effect of the disclosure on the mothers’ mental state and maternal competency; the mothers’ ongoing experience in the shadow of this unprocessed/unresolved trauma; and the mothers’ coping strategies, including acceptance, faith, and meaning making. The findings highlight the influence of the tension between the need to adhere to religious norms and preserve the social fabric and the need to enhance mothers’ and children’s well-being.

An Examination of Women's Perspectives on Power

1992 ◽  
Vol 16 (4) ◽  
pp. 415-428 ◽  
Author(s):  
Cynthia L. Miller ◽  
A. Gaye Cummins
Keyword(s):  
Women’S Experiences ◽  
Body Of Knowledge ◽  
Women's Experiences ◽  
Growing Body ◽  
Personal Authority ◽  
Women’S Perceptions ◽  
Definition Of ◽  
Men's Experience ◽  
The Way

Historically, theoretical and popular conceptions about power have not included or addressed women's experiences. This study adds to the growing body of knowledge about women by examining women's perceptions of and relationship to power. One hundred twenty-five women, ranging in age from 21 to 63, were asked to define and explore power through a variety of structured and open-ended questions. The results showed that women's definition of power differed significantly from their perception of society's definition of power, as well as from the way power has traditionally been conceptualized. More theoretical and empirical attention should be given to understanding the role of personal authority in both women's and men's experience of power.

Impact of Spirituality on the Lived Experience of Christians During OT Rehabilitation

2021 ◽  
Vol 75 (Supplement_2) ◽  
pp. 7512510228p1-7512510228p1
Author(s):  
Debra Hanson ◽  
Cherae C. Reeves ◽  
Alyssa Raiber ◽  
Megan K. Hamann
Keyword(s):  
Lived Experience ◽  
Conceptual Model ◽  
Culturally Relevant ◽  
Phenomenological Study ◽  
Rehabilitation Process ◽  
Occupational Participation ◽  
Qualitative Phenomenological ◽  
Qualitative Phenomenological Study ◽  
Primary Author

Abstract Date Presented 04/13/21 Results of a qualitative phenomenological study of the influence of spirituality on the lived experience of Christians during the rehabilitation process are shared. Findings show the pervasive impact of spirituality on occupational participation, performance, and engagement and align with the concepts of Humbert’s conceptual model of spirituality. This study of spirituality as expressed from a specific worldview perspective advances the provision of holistic, culturally relevant OT services. Primary Author and Speaker: Debra Hanson Contributing Authors: Heather Roberts, Angela Shierk

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