Wu Lin Ye, Yeung Wing Fai, Pei Yao Lin, Chen Ling Xi, Li Meng Qi, Ruan Jia Yin
Medical Care Department, Zhejiang Hospital, Hangzhou, Zhejiang, China.
School of Nursing, The Hong Kong Polytechnic University, Hung Hom, Kowloon, Hong Kong, China.
BMC Nurs. 2025 Feb 3;24(1):126. doi: 10.1186/s12912-025-02764-z.
Working as a pregnant clinical nurse might experience a range of challenges, such as significant anatomical and physiological changes as well as emotional and cognitive changes. That might be particularly obvious under the historical background of coronavirus disease-2019 (COVID-19) pandemic. However, a dearth of studies has explored the experiences of working as a pregnant nurse during this special period. This study aimed to explore the experiences of working as a clinical nurse while pregnant during the COVID-19 pandemic.
A descriptive qualitative design was selected. Purposive sampling, combined with maximum variation strategy and snowball sampling, were utilized to identify and select participants from tertiary-teaching hospitals, specialized hospitals, and community hospitals in Zhejiang Province, southeastern China. Online semi-structured individual interviews were used to collect data, and conventional content analysis was used to analyze the data.
Eleven Chinese nurses with a mean age of 31.8 years, ranging from 26 to 40 years, participated in this study. Four themes and twelve subthemes emerged: (1) still adhering to work as a clinical nurse despite being pregnant during the pandemic; (2) working during pregnancy under pandemic is still an ordinary nurse; (3) still staying in the special life phase as a pregnant mother; and (4) growth and gains as pregnant mother.
The pregnant clinical nurses suffered from various changes and difficulties during the pandemic. Managers, occupational health and other health system leaders, and policymakers should be aware of the importance of establishing a work environment that guarantees safe continued pregnancy. Future studies should focus on the establishment of specific guidelines and manuals regarding how pregnant nurses worked, as well as the development of self-protection interventions during pregnancy. Moreover, research on moral stigma and bullying in nursing during pregnancy deserves further exploration.
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身为临床护士的孕妇可能会面临一系列挑战,比如身体结构和生理上的重大变化以及情绪和认知方面的改变。在2019冠状病毒病(COVID-19)大流行的历史背景下,这种情况可能尤为明显。然而,缺乏研究探讨在这一特殊时期身为孕妇护士的工作经历。本研究旨在探讨在COVID-19大流行期间身为临床护士的孕妇的工作经历。
选择描述性定性设计。采用目的抽样法,结合最大变异策略和滚雪球抽样法,从中国东南部浙江省的三级教学医院、专科医院和社区医院中识别并选取参与者。采用在线半结构化个人访谈收集数据,并使用常规内容分析法进行数据分析。
11名中国护士参与了本研究,平均年龄31.8岁,年龄范围在26至40岁之间。出现了四个主题和十二个次主题:(1)尽管在大流行期间怀孕仍坚持担任临床护士;(2)在大流行期间怀孕工作时仍是普通护士;(3)仍处于孕妇这一特殊生活阶段;(4)作为孕妇的成长与收获。
在大流行期间,怀孕的临床护士遭遇了各种变化和困难。管理人员、职业健康及其他卫生系统领导者以及政策制定者应意识到建立能保障孕期安全持续工作的工作环境的重要性。未来的研究应侧重于制定关于怀孕护士如何工作的具体指南和手册,以及孕期自我保护干预措施的开发。此外,孕期护理中道德污名和欺凌问题的研究值得进一步探索。
不适用。