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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瞬间：羊水栓塞幸存者的定性描述性研究

目的：描述妇女的经验幸存的羊水栓塞（AFE）写在他们的网上故事。研究设计与方法：本定性描述性研究采用Braun和Clarke的主题分析法，对女性在AFE基金会网站上发布的50个AFE故事进行分析。结果：在本样本中，有35名妇女紧急剖宫产，12名阴道分娩，3名未提及分娩类型。在35个故事中，可以确定女性的种族。33名女性是白人，黑人和亚洲人各1名。28位母亲是初产，22位是多产。确定了五个主题：一瞬间，令人心碎的记忆丧失，艰苦的身体恢复之旅，在创伤性分娩后的精神挣扎，以及它需要一个村庄，然后是一些。临床意义：从AFE幸存者的故事中确定的五个主题提供了生存这种灾难性的分娩并发症及其长期后果的第一手资料。基于这些发现的护理干预可以帮助女性从AFE中康复。

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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.