In a Flash: A Qualitative Descriptive Study of Amniotic Fluid Embolism Survivors.

IF 1.8 4区医学 Q2 NURSING

Mcn-The American Journal of Maternal-Child Nursing Pub Date : 2025-03-01 Epub Date: 2025-02-25 DOI:10.1097/NMC.0000000000001081

Cheryl Tatano Beck

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Abstract

Purpose: To describe women's experiences of surviving an amniotic fluid embolism (AFE) as written in their online stories.

Study design and methods: In this qualitative descriptive study, 50 stories of AFE that women posted on the AFE Foundation website were analyzed using Braun and Clarke's thematic analysis.

Results: In this sample, 35 women had emergency cesarean births, 12 had vaginal births, and 3 did not mention the type of birth. In 35 of the stories, women's ethnicity could be determined. Thirty-three women were White and one each were Black and Asian. Twenty-eight mothers were primiparas and 22 were multiparas. Five themes were identified: In a Flash, Heartbreaking Loss of Memory, Arduous Trek Towards Physical Recovery, Struggling Mentally with the Aftermath of a Traumatic Birth, and It Takes a Village and Then Some.

Clinical implications: The five themes identified from survivors' stories of AFE provide a firsthand account of surviving this catastrophic complication of childbirth and its prolonged aftermath. Nursing interventions based on these findings can be designed to help women heal from AFE.

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Mcn-The American Journal of Maternal-Child Nursing 医学-护理

CiteScore

2.60

自引率

16.70%

发文量

158

审稿时长

>12 weeks

期刊介绍： MCN''s mission is to provide the most timely, relevant information to nurses practicing in perinatal, neonatal, midwifery, and pediatric specialties. MCN is a peer-reviewed journal that meets its mission by publishing clinically relevant practice and research manuscripts aimed at assisting nurses toward evidence-based practice. MCN focuses on today''s major issues and high priority problems in maternal/child nursing, women''s health, and family nursing with extensive coverage of advanced practice healthcare issues relating to infants and young children. Each issue features peer-reviewed, clinically relevant articles. Coverage includes updates on disease and related care; ideas on health promotion; insights into patient and family behavior; discoveries in physiology and pathophysiology; clinical investigations; and research manuscripts that assist nurses toward evidence-based practices.