- Title
- Mothers' experiences with regards to caring for their neotates following a caesarean section delivery
- Creator
- Jikijela, Thobeka Pretty
- Subject
- Cesarean section
- Subject
- Maternal health services
- Subject
- Newborn infants -- Care
- Date Issued
- 2016
- Date
- 2016
- Type
- Thesis
- Type
- Masters
- Type
- MCur
- Identifier
- http://hdl.handle.net/10948/7493
- Identifier
- vital:21788
- Description
- The rate of caesarean section deliveries is increasing globally despite the World Health Organisation (WHO) recommendations not to exceed 15% of deliveries per year in each country. Furthermore, the commitment to baby-friendly hospital initiative puts a strain on mothers who must still take care of their neonates following a caesarean section delivery despite the pain experienced after surgery. It has been observed that pain management becomes a critical factor in the assistance of caesarean-section-delivered mothers in caring of their neonates otherwise mothers stay away from nursery or struggle with the neonate who is with her. The study aimed at exploring and describing the experiences of mothers with regard to caring for their neonates following a caesarean section delivery and developing objectives to: To explore experiences of mothers with regard to caring for their neonates following a caesarean section delivery and: To make recommendations to midwifery operational managers to assist mothers to cope better with caring of their neonates following a caesarean section delivery. The study used a qualitative, explorative, descriptive and contextual research design. Data was collected from eleven purposively selected mothers who had had a caesarean section delivery who were caring for their neonates in the post-natal wards in a public hospital in the Nelson Mandela Bay Municipal area. One-on-one, semi-structured interviews were conducted using a tape- recorder to capture them and writing of field notes to justify some of the themes or sub-themes identified. Data was analysed using data analysis method suggested by Creswell (2009:186). Trustworthiness was maintained through the standards of truth value, applicability, consistency and neutrality while ethical considerations were autonomy, beneficence and justice. From the findings it emerged that mothers had diverse experiences of pain following a caesarean section delivery. The mothers had also experienced physical limitations that hindered their ability to care for their neonates and themselves. Furthermore uncaring attitudes, shortage of staff and non-supportive services were experienced as contributing to mothers’ inability to breastfeed and taking care of themselves. Recommendations were for clinical nursing practice, nursing education and further research. Caesarean section delivery is painful and limiting to the mothers following surgery and demands extensive pain management and breastfeeding support. Managers need to address the contributing factors and develop strategies to assist the mothers cope better with pain.
- Format
- ix, 72 leaves
- Format
- Publisher
- Nelson Mandela Metropolitan University
- Publisher
- Faculty of Health Sciences
- Language
- English
- Rights
- Nelson Mandela Metropolitan University
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