A Comparison of the Caring Processes Used By Obstetric, Surgical, and Emergency Nurses When Caring for Women with a Fetal Loss

Sunday, June 14, 2015

Title: A Comparison of the Caring Processes Used By Obstetric, Surgical, and Emergency Nurses When Caring for Women with a Fetal Loss

Promenade Ballroom (Long Beach Convention Center)
Marianne H. Hutti, PhD, WHNP-BC , School of Nursing, 1. University of Louisville, Louisville, KY

Discipline: Childbearing (CB), Women’s Health (WH)

Learning Objectives:
  • Examine the design, setting, sample, and methods used in this study.
  • Compare the caring processes used by obstetric (OB), surgical (OR/PACU), and emergency (ED) nurses when caring for women with a fetal loss.
  • Discuss the implications for nursing practice that resulted from this study.

    • Submission Description:
    The purpose of this study is to compare the Swanson (1993) caring processes (Knowing, Doing for, Being with, Enabling, Maintaining belief) used by obstetric, surgical, and emergency nurses when caring for women experiencing a fetal loss. Little is known about how nurses outside of obstetrics provide care to these patients. This study identifies differences in how the caring processes are used by each specialty and the implications they have for our care of these women.

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