A Mixed-Methods Study of Secondary Traumatic Stress in Certified Nurse-Midwives: Shaken Belief in the Birth Process

Journal of Midwifery and Women's Health

Volumn 60, Issue 1, 2015, Pages 16-23

  Beck, Cheryl Tatano ^a   Logiudice, Jenna ^a   Gable, Robert K ^a  

^a NONE

Author keywords

Certified nurse midwives; Mixed methods; Secondary traumatic stress

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CERTIFICATION; CHILDBIRTH; DISEASE SEVERITY; DSM-IV; EXPLORATORY RESEARCH; FEMALE; FETUS DEATH; HEALTH CARE PERSONNEL; HELPLESSNESS; HUMAN; JOB STRESS; LAW SUIT; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; METHODOLOGY; NEWBORN DEATH; NURSE MIDWIFE; PARALLEL DESIGN; PATIENT CARE; PERSONAL EXPERIENCE; POSTTRAUMATIC STRESS DISORDER; POWERLESSNESS; PREVALENCE; PROFESSIONAL PRACTICE; QUALITATIVE ANALYSIS; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; RATING SCALE; RESUSCITATION; SECONDARY TRAUMATIC STRESS; SHOULDER DYSTOCIA; SYMPTOM; BIRTH; COMPASSION FATIGUE; DYSTOCIA; EMPATHY; MIDDLE AGED; MIDWIFE; MOTHER; PERINATAL DEATH; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY COMPLICATION; PSYCHOLOGICAL TRAUMA; PSYCHOLOGY; STRESS DISORDERS, POST-TRAUMATIC;

ADULT; AGED; CERTIFICATION; COMPASSION FATIGUE; DYSTOCIA; EMPATHY; FEMALE; FETAL DEATH; HUMANS; MIDDLE AGED; MIDWIFERY; MOTHERS; NURSE MIDWIVES; PARTURITION; PERINATAL DEATH; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY COMPLICATIONS; PSYCHOLOGICAL TRAUMA; RESUSCITATION; STRESS DISORDERS, POST-TRAUMATIC;

EID: 84923299356     PISSN: 15269523     EISSN: 15422011     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/jmwh.12221     Document Type: Article

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