- Title
- Caring behaviour of midwives towards labouring women at public obstetric units in the Nelson Mandela Bay Health District
- Creator
- Magadla, Khokela Nezisa
- Subject
- Labor (Obstetrics)
- Subject
- Midwifery
- Subject
- Pediatric nursing
- Date Issued
- 2023-04
- Date
- 2023-04
- Type
- Master's theses
- Type
- text
- Identifier
- http://hdl.handle.net/10948/69615
- Identifier
- vital:77962
- Description
- The act of caring during childbirth forms the core of midwifery care. Caring towards labouring women includes emotional intelligence, compassion, kindness and empathy. Moreover, a women’s expectations of midwifery care during childbirth include physical comfort, emotional support, clear communication, good interpersonal skills, and the encouragement of bonding between the mother, father and baby. These expectations are at times not met and therefore midwives are perceived as uncaring, which is a trending concern. The midwife is at the forefront of providing humanised care during pregnancy, labour and delivery. However, little is known about midwives’ perceptions of providing humanised care to labouring women in public obstetric units. Thus the study sought to explore the midwives caring behaviours towards labouring women in public obstetric units in the Nelson Mandela Bay Health District (NMBHD). The study aimed to gain an understanding of the caring behaviours of midwives towards labouring women at public obstetric units in the Nelson Mandela Bay Health District. The objectives were to explore and describe the perceptions of midwives of their caring behaviour towards labouring women at public obstetric units in the Nelson Mandela Bay Health District and to and to suggest recommendations for midwives and nurse managers on caring behaviour towards labouring women. A qualitative exploratory and descriptive design and purposive, non-probability sampling were used. Data were collected through telephonic, semi-structured interviews, which were recorded and transcribed verbatim. Twelve midwives who met a set of inclusion criteria were interviewed. The data were analysed using thematic content analysis, and the three main themes and their sub-themes were verified by an independent coder. The findings of the study revealed that despite efforts to improve the quality of midwifery care, the care provided to labouring women in the Nelson Mandela Bay Health District is still compromised for various reasons. Trustworthiness in the study was ensured by using Lincoln and Guba’s (1985) principles of trustworthiness. Recommendations made were to improve the working conditions in public obstetric units, the managerial provision of formal support systems, the provision of clear guidelines and protocols as well as for further research studies. Ethical considerations were also maintained following the Belmont Report’s principles throughout the study. Recommendations made were to improve the working conditions in public obstetric units, the managerial provision of formal support systems, the provision of clear guidelines and protocols as well as for further research studies.
- Description
- Thesis (MCur) -- Faculty of Health Science, School of Clinical Care & Medicinal Sciences, 2023
- Format
- computer
- Format
- online resource
- Format
- application/pdf
- Format
- 1 online resource (129 pages)
- Format
- Publisher
- Nelson Mandela University
- Publisher
- Faculty of Health Sciences
- Language
- English
- Rights
- Nelson Mandela University
- Rights
- All Rights Reserved
- Rights
- Open Access
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