Related Experiment Video
Updated: Jul 2, 2025

The Perinatal Asphyxiated Lamb Model: A Model for Newborn Resuscitation
Published on: August 15, 2018
Perinatal death witnessed by midwifery students during clinical practice and their coping methods: A qualitative
1Department of Midwifery, Faculty of Health Sciences, Ondokuz Mayıs University, Samsun, Türkiye.
Objective:
The aim of this study was to determine the perinatal death experience of midwifery students during clinical practice and their coping methods.
Design:
A qualitative, descriptive, phenomenological design was used.
Settings:
The study was conducted with midwifery students.
Participants:
The study was conducted with 14 midwifery students at a state university in northern Turkey between April and July 2023.
Methods:
Perinatal death experiences that students witnessed during clinical practice and their coping methods were analyzed using the individual in-depth interview technique. Data were analyzed using the thematic analysis method. The results obtained from the study were reported according to the COREQ criteria.
Findings:
As a result of the analysis, four main themes: (1) the perception of the concept of death, (2) the first encounter with death, (3) methods of coping with death, and (4) students' suggestions were elicited from the data. Students who witnessed perinatal death were affected by this situation, experienced negative emotions, and resorted to different methods to cope with their negative feelings about death.
Conclusions:
Midwifery students who witnessed perinatal death were negatively affected emotionally and professionally; therefore, education and policy-oriented regulations are needed to cope with perinatal death.
Related Concept Videos
Kubler Ross's Stages of Dying
In denial, individuals reject the reality of their condition, often thinking, "This isn't true; I feel fine," as a way to protect themselves from...
Techniques of therapeutic communication I: Active Listening, Sharing Observations, Validation, and Using Touch
Therapeutic communication is not the same as social interaction. Social interaction has no goal or purpose and consists of casual information sharing, whereas therapeutic communication has a plan or purpose for the conversation. Therapeutic...
Endoscopic Studies II: Thoracocentesis
Description
Excess pleural fluid or air may accumulate in some respiratory disorders in the thoracic cavity. To treat pleural effusion, a physician conducts thoracentesis by carefully piercing the chest wall and entering...
Bonanno's Theory of Grieving
Resilience
Coping Strategies: Emotion Focused
Case Studies

