Experiences of Nursing College Students attended to Delivery Practice at Midwifery Clinic

Chaisoon Park; Hyejin Kim; Soongyo Yeoum

doi:10.4069/kjwhn.2015.21.2.115

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Park, Kim, and Yeoum: Experiences of Nursing College Students attended to Delivery Practice at Midwifery Clinic

Original Article

Korean Journal of Women Health Nursing 2015; 21(2): 115-127.

Published online: 27 June 2015

DOI: https://doi.org/10.4069/kjwhn.2015.21.2.115

Experiences of Nursing College Students attended to Delivery Practice at Midwifery Clinic

Chaisoon Park¹, Hyejin Kim¹, Soongyo Yeoum²

¹College of Nursing, The Catholic University of Korea, Seoul, Korea.

²Department of Nursing, Seoil University, Seoul, Korea.

Corresponding author: Yeoum, Soongyo. Department of Nursing, Seoil University, 90 Yongmasan-ro, Jungrang-gu, Seoul, 131-702, Korea. Tel: +82-2-490-7580, Fax: +82-2-490-7225, yeoumsg@seoil.ac.kr

Received 28 July 2014 Revised 6 May 2015 Accepted 9 June 2015

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Abstract

Purpose

The purpose of this study was to explore the experiences of nursing college students who attended delivery practices at midwifery clinic.

Methods

This was a qualitative study using focus groups. Data were collected by group interviews with a total of 12 students who observed natural childbirth at midwifery clinic. Data were analyzed through Colaizzi's method in which meaningful statements were extracted.

Results

The meanings of experiences were identified five theme clusters from thirteen themes and thirty-one sub-themes. The five theme clusters were 'ultimate process of natural childbirth', 'allowed birth', 'role recognition of the midwife', 'positively changed perception', and 'barriers'.

Conclusion

This study showed that observation of delivery at midwifery clinic was helpful for nursing students in terms of positive impression about natural childbirth with maternal and baby being centered. Nursing students expressed value and concern about delivery at midwifery clinic. Further in-depth study of natural childbirth in terms of husband and family perspective is required. For quality improvement of maternity nursing care, natural childbirth process needs to be included in nursing care at hospitals as well as students' clinical practicum.

Keywords: Nursing student, Midwifery, Delivery, Natural childbirth, Experiences

Figures and Tables

Table 1

Experiences of Nursing College Students Attended to Delivery at Midwifery Clinic

Theme cluster	Theme	Sub-theme	Fomulating meaning
Ultimate process of natural childbirth	Awaited childbirth	Waiting	Felt not forceful and waited until spontaneous expulsion
		Natural	Kept parturient's composure	No episiotomy
			Observed labor mechanism	Gave a sucking chance immediately
			Not hurrying and delayed cord cutting	Had consideration for the baby
			Slipped out with amniotic fluid
	Confident heroine	Self confidence	Prepared for labor and childbirth	Played a heroine
			Touching a baby	Had a courage
				Feeling the strength
	Respected baby	Communication	Respectful communication	Communicated to fetus
		Interaction	Gave name to the baby	Recognition of individuality for fetus comfortable
			The baby didn't cry and looks like
			Protected
Allowed birth	Comfortable environment	Physical environment	Felt private space	Supplied audio music and zim ball
		Physical environment	Warm and dim place
		Atmosphere	Felt like home, cute, warm and cozy place	Not unfamiliar, calm and peaceful space
		Atmosphere	Felt safety and familyish	Not unfamiliar, calm and peaceful space
		Midwife's encouragement	Encouraged mom with supportive measure	Gave reassure
	Permitted free activities	Free posture	Observed not limited and unconstrained activities	Various client's position ie. lie, prone, and walk
	Permitted free activities	Free posture	Played zim-ball
	Join in birth by family	Husband's cooperation	Husband did stand by and pray for wife	Husband gave positive aid to labor
			Maintained good relationship, support, conversion,	Assisted change position
			Experience together, happy experience	Ever lasting memory
		Identity as father	Put a baby in a kangaroo bag	Wrote a letter to baby
		Identity as father	Cut the cord after delivery
		Prepared family	Family labor	Talked with fetus
		Prepared family	Siblings participated and prepared a party
		Love	Made the love together	Brotherhood
		Bond have fellowship	Feeling of solidarity
		Bond have fellowship	Watching the labor together
		Family festival	Wait to baby	Cook for mom and baby
Spot of midwife's role	Professionalist	Reliable	Did role same as natural oxytocin	Alleviating pain
			Leaded the labor and supported process	Gave an education and counseling
			Skilled
		Coping ability	An expert to cope with emergency
	Smart mom	Like mom	Mother role as a tower of strength	Like wise mom
		Like mom	Put full confidence in mother
		Empathy	Spent time during keen period	Empathy
Positively changed perception	Change of recognition	Image change	Changed image of labor from negative to joyful event	Beautiful event
	Change of recognition	Image change	Was impressed	Beautiful event
	Dula	Helpful	1:1 assisted mother, supported leg	Found worth rewarding for helping
	Worthwhile pain	Satisfaction	Although pain mom smiles	Felt satisfaction
		Romance	Was loving	Looked relaxed and calm
		Blessed	Sharing the pain with family	Looked happy
Barriers	Conflect	Inconsiderate	Marriage relationship	Needs to make compromises with husband
	Conflect	Inconsiderate	Husband slept during wife's labor
	Concern	Unclean	In the fear of poor and unclean surroundings
		Outdated	Outdated feel	Concerned for baby's safety
		Uneducated and poor	Place where uneducated and poor people use
		No specialty	Who has no specialty	Concerns about the emergency situation

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