Loading your page…
Nursing open
By Abuhammad S, Hamaideh S, Alhawatmeh H and 7 others.
This study explored the lived experience of pregnancy loss among maternal nurses and midwives in Jordan, with attention to how loss shaped work, grief, and decisions about future pregnancy within the Jordanian cultural and religious context.
Descriptive phenomenological qualitative study.
Ward brings these articles into the same app as your cards and questions. One free account for Ward, Suture, Osler and Prognia.
Twenty maternal nurses and midwives who had experienced pregnancy loss participated in individual semi-structured interviews conducted in private locations selected by participants. Snowball sampling was used. Interviews lasted 45-60 min, were audio-recorded with participants' consent, transcribed, and coded manually by the research team using Colaizzi's seven-step descriptive phenomenological method. Two researchers coded the data independently before discussing and agreeing on themes.
Participants were 26-55 years old, 17 of 20 had more than 10 years of nursing experience, 17 of 20 worked in health centers, and 18 of 20 had children. Four interpretive themes were developed: loss without warning; embodied loss: inseparable physical and psychological suffering; grieving while caregiving: negotiating work, disclosure, and peer support; and trying again with fear.
Pregnancy loss among maternal nurses and midwives in Jordan produced physical, emotional, occupational, and culturally situated consequences. The study contributes evidence that clinicians who provide maternity care may return to the same clinical spaces that mirror their loss, making workplace flexibility, trusted peer support, and culturally sensitive acknowledgment of grief especially important. Public contribution: No patient or public contribution.
Published in Nursing open. The abstract is shown as published and remains the work of its authors; read the full article at the source.
Prognia lists this article for reference and education. It is not medical advice. Always read the original and follow current guidelines and local protocols before acting on it.
