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- Risa, Christina Furskog, et al.
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Being in an oasis: a restorative and reassuring place - women’s experiences of a valuable antenatal diabetes midwifery consultation
- 2013
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Ingår i: Nursing Reports. - : MDPI AG. - 2039-4403 .- 2039-439X. ; 3:1
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Tidskriftsartikel (refereegranskat)abstract
- The prevalence of diabetes in the childbearing population is increasing globally. Pregnant diabetic women are considered to be at high risk, and thus require specialized, multidisciplinary prenatal care in which midwives play an integral part. These women’s views and experiences of encounters with midwives during diabetes care have not yet been investigated. Our aim was to use an exploratory interpretive approach to investigate the experiences of pregnant women and their perceptions towards the meaning of prenatal consultation provided by midwives in the prenatal care team. A purposive sample was recruited from four hospital-based prenatal diabetes outpatient clinics in the urban areas of Norway: 10 pregnant women (5 primiparous, 5 multiparous) aged 28-45 and diagnosed with different types of diabetes. Data from semi-structured interviews were transcribed and subjected to thematic analysis. Three main themes emerged: being in an open atmosphere, being seen as a person, and being reassured. Together, these themes created a construct that we labeled being in an oasis-a restorative and reassuring place. The counterpoint of this view was a more negative perspective described as having insufficient time, feelings of being objectified and rushed, and diseaseoriented care. The women valued the focus on surveillance in the consultations, although at their best, the midwife-woman encounters complemented and counteracted the iatrogenic effect of the biomedical focus in specialist prenatal care. However, the organization of care may have contributed to and created feelings of suffering, as these women had limited scope for addressing their concerns in the consultation. We conclude that these consultations are complex co-created activities in which interpersonal aspects of the midwifewoman encounters, such as the midwives’ openness and responsiveness to the women, seem to be significant in developing a personal approach.
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- Risa, Christina Furskog, et al.
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Norwegian nurse-midwives' perspectives on the provision on antenatal diabetes care in an outpatient setting: A qualitative study
- 2015
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Ingår i: Women and Birth. - : Elsevier BV. - 1871-5192. ; 28:2
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Tidskriftsartikel (refereegranskat)abstract
- Background: There is limited research related to nurse-midwives’ accounts of their provision of antenatal diabetes care in hospital outpatient settings. This study explored the perspectives and experiences of eight Norwegian nurse-midwives regarding the provision of the midwifery aspect of an antenatal consultation as part of the diabetes specialist team. Methods: A qualitative descriptive study was used. Eight nurse-midwives aged between 37 and 58 years, representing four Norwegian hospital outpatient clinics, participated in individual interviews. Transcribed interviews were analysed in accordance with a qualitative thematic analysis. Results: Three main themes were developed: ‘‘Approaching the women as persons in order to frame strengths and normalcy’’, ‘‘Managing different tasks judiciously’’ and ‘‘Balancing conflicting values’’. Some of the barriers were found to be related to the organisation of care, such as short timeframes with a medical focus, which overshadowed or forced the normalcy aspects of childbearing into the background. Managing risk and evidence-based knowledge were demanding tasks to fulfil in a judicious way. Some midwives experienced ambiguity while being forced to prioritise medical factors over woman-focused care while running others’ errands, an act of balancing conflicting values. Conclusions: The contextual conditions related to the organisation present barriers for pregnant women to receive woman-focused care beyond the medical approach. The midwifery contribution in this care setting should be clearly recognised and defined so that women can capitalise on the different professionals and their expert competencies and contributions in this setting.
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- Risa Furskog, Christina, et al.
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Experts' encounters in antenatal diabetes care. A descriptive study of verbal communication in mid-wife led consultations
- 2012
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Ingår i: Nursing Research and Practice. - : Hindawi Limited. - 2090-1429 .- 2090-1437. ; 2012:May 2012
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Tidskriftsartikel (refereegranskat)abstract
- Aim. We regard consultations as cocreated communicatively by the parties involved. In this paper on verbal communication in midwife-led consultations, we consequently focus on the actual conversation taking place between the midwife and the pregnant woman with diabetes, especially on those sequences where the pregnant woman initiated a topic of concern in the conversation. Methods. This paper was undertaken in four hospital outpatient clinics in Norway. Ten antenatal consultations between midwives and pregnant women were audiotaped, transcribed to text, and analyzed using theme-oriented discourse analysis. Two communicative patterns were revealed: an expert's frame and a shared experts' frame. Within each frame, different communicative variations are presented. The topics women initiated in the conversations were (i) delivery, time and mode; (ii) previous birth experience; (iii) labor pain; and (iv) breast feeding, diabetes management, and fetal weight. Conclusion. Different ways of communicating seem to create different opportunities for the parties to share each other's perspectives. Adequate responses and a listening attitude as well as an ambiguous way of talking seem to open up for the pregnant women's perspectives. Further studies are needed to investigate the obstacles to, and premises for, providing midwifery care in a specialist outpatient setting.
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