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Breastfeeding Support Guided by Swanson's Theory of Caring
Purpose: Many women struggle with initiation of breastfeeding. The purpose of this study was to explore mothers' perceptions of care and support received from clinicians during breastfeeding initiation and the utility of Swanson's (1991) Theory of Caring to provide person-centered care to breastfeeding mothers and infants. Study Design and Methods: Directed content of secondary analysis of data obtained from 11 women via in-person interviews at three time points: before birth, a week after giving birth, and 6 to 8 weeks after giving birth. All women were breastfeeding at the end of the study interview series. Swanson'...
Source: MCN: The American Journal of Maternal Child Nursing - October 19, 2019 Category: Nursing Tags: Feature Source Type: research

Improving Perinatal Care Through Theory Application
Theories from various perspectives can increase nurses' understanding of maternal behaviors throughout the developmental process of pregnancy and postpartum. The purpose of this article is to present relevant theories that maternity nurses will likely find useful, and to demonstrate their applicability through an unfolding exemplar case. Nurses can provide improved and more sensitive care when guided by psychosocial theories such as Rubin's tasks of pregnancy, prenatal attachment, pregnancy as a liminal phase, and the grief work in postpartum as proposed by Mercer. Use of relevant theories can promote holistic nursing care...
Source: MCN: The American Journal of Maternal Child Nursing - October 19, 2019 Category: Nursing Tags: Feature Source Type: research

Mothers' Experiences Interacting with Infants after Traumatic Childbirth
Purpose: The purpose of this study is to describe experiences of mothers interacting with their infants after traumatic childbirth. Study Design and Methods: A descriptive phenomenological method guided by Dahlberg, Dahlberg, and Nystrom's reflective lifeworld research was used. Women were recruited through Trauma and Birth Stress (TABS), a charitable trust in New Zealand, whose mission is to provide support for women who have experienced traumatic childbirth. Data were collected via an electronic survey. Women were asked to describe how their traumatic births affected their caring for and interactions with their infa...
Source: MCN: The American Journal of Maternal Child Nursing - October 19, 2019 Category: Nursing Tags: Feature: CE Connection Source Type: research

Informing New Mothers about Newborn Screening Bloodspot Repositories during Postpartum Hospitalization
Purpose: The primary goals of the study were to assess maternal knowledge and attitudes about the newborn screening bloodspot repository program in Texas and to evaluate the effect of a video about the bloodspot repository on the rate of parental permission to store infant bloodspots. Design: This descriptive, comparative study used descriptive statistics, nonparametric tests, and multivariable analyses to describe the sample, compare groups, and determine associations between factors that influenced parents' decisions to permit state storage of infant bloodspots. Results: There were 465 mothers in the study. Mater...
Source: MCN: The American Journal of Maternal Child Nursing - October 19, 2019 Category: Nursing Tags: Feature Source Type: research

Mothers' Reasons for Early Breastfeeding Cessation
Conclusion: Research on maternal reasons for early breastfeeding cessation is limited. Reasons for early breastfeeding cessation are varied; however, the most common themes were perceived inadequate supply and breast or nipple pain. Nurses should tailor assessment of each breastfeeding mother-baby couplet and associated interventions based on these findings. (Source: MCN: The American Journal of Maternal Child Nursing)
Source: MCN: The American Journal of Maternal Child Nursing - October 19, 2019 Category: Nursing Tags: Feature Source Type: research