Midwives’ approaches to early pushing urge in labour

The objectives of this mixed-methods study were: a) to investigate midwives' approaches to early pushing urge (EPU); and b) to explore midwives' perspectives and experiences of helping women cope with EPU. A quantitative observational methodology was adopted to investigate midwives' a...

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Main Authors: Borrelli, Sara E., Dattolo, Carmen, Nespoli, Antonella
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Published: Mark Allen Healthcare 2015
Online Access:https://eprints.nottingham.ac.uk/39928/
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author Borrelli, Sara E.
Dattolo, Carmen
Nespoli, Antonella
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Nespoli, Antonella
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description The objectives of this mixed-methods study were: a) to investigate midwives' approaches to early pushing urge (EPU); and b) to explore midwives' perspectives and experiences of helping women cope with EPU. A quantitative observational methodology was adopted to investigate midwives' approaches to EPU in 60 cases. A qualitative phenomenological approach was carried out in order to gain more in-depth understanding of midwives' views and experiences of EPU management strategies. It was found that midwives mainly adopt two approaches in the case of EPU: letting the woman do what she feels, and a stop-pushing technique. The findings are presented as four main domains: a) midwives' approaches to EPU; b) drivers guiding midwives' approaches to EPU; c) influencing factors in helping women cope with EPU; d) variation of midwives' approaches to EPU over time.
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spelling nottingham-399282020-05-04T17:17:52Z https://eprints.nottingham.ac.uk/39928/ Midwives’ approaches to early pushing urge in labour Borrelli, Sara E. Dattolo, Carmen Nespoli, Antonella The objectives of this mixed-methods study were: a) to investigate midwives' approaches to early pushing urge (EPU); and b) to explore midwives' perspectives and experiences of helping women cope with EPU. A quantitative observational methodology was adopted to investigate midwives' approaches to EPU in 60 cases. A qualitative phenomenological approach was carried out in order to gain more in-depth understanding of midwives' views and experiences of EPU management strategies. It was found that midwives mainly adopt two approaches in the case of EPU: letting the woman do what she feels, and a stop-pushing technique. The findings are presented as four main domains: a) midwives' approaches to EPU; b) drivers guiding midwives' approaches to EPU; c) influencing factors in helping women cope with EPU; d) variation of midwives' approaches to EPU over time. Mark Allen Healthcare 2015-09-02 Article PeerReviewed Borrelli, Sara E., Dattolo, Carmen and Nespoli, Antonella (2015) Midwives’ approaches to early pushing urge in labour. British Journal of Midwifery, 23 (9). pp. 640-646. ISSN 0969-4900 http://www.magonlinelibrary.com/doi/10.12968/bjom.2015.23.9.640 doi:10.12968/bjom.2015.23.9.640 doi:10.12968/bjom.2015.23.9.640
spellingShingle Borrelli, Sara E.
Dattolo, Carmen
Nespoli, Antonella
Midwives’ approaches to early pushing urge in labour
title Midwives’ approaches to early pushing urge in labour
title_full Midwives’ approaches to early pushing urge in labour
title_fullStr Midwives’ approaches to early pushing urge in labour
title_full_unstemmed Midwives’ approaches to early pushing urge in labour
title_short Midwives’ approaches to early pushing urge in labour
title_sort midwives’ approaches to early pushing urge in labour
url https://eprints.nottingham.ac.uk/39928/
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