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December 04-05, 2019 | Dubai, UAE
Annual Congress on
Midwifery and Gynaecology 2019
December 04-05, 2019
Midwifery nursing and Gynaecology
J Nurs Res Pract, Volume 3 |
ISSN: 2632-251X
Volume 3
Journal of Nursing Research and Practice
The barriers and facilitators to holistic midwifery practices: A qualitative study with
midwifery students
Filiz Okumus
Istanbul Medipol University, Turkey
Statement of the Problem:
Agrowing number of some transformations in maternity care such as the Medical
Revolution have transformed the health care approaches. As a response to the dramatic developments and
transformations about the medicalisation of childbirth was affected the structure of childbirth nature as well
as midwifery care. The outcome of this period, the holistic paradigm was come into being in the caring
professions, especially supportive care given by the midwife. Qualitative research describing the barriers
and facilitators to holistic midwifery practices that influence the holistic practices by student midwives
is lacking. This study is to explore the experiences of fourth year Bachelor of Midwifery students in
Istanbul Medipol University undertaking a final clinical placement within a holistic midwifery practices.
Methodology & Theoretical Orientation:
This qualitative study using the phenomenological approach,
exploring the experiences on the midwifery practices of fourth year Bachelor of Midwifery students who
are trained with holistic approach in midwifery education, to describe the barriers and facilitators of holistic
approach in midwifery practices were be used face to face semi-structured interviews for collect the data.
Data analysis were conducted using Thematic analysis, carried out manually. A purposive sample provided in
the dataset is from an interview with eight female final-year student midwives (fourth year) who are trained
with holistic approach in midwifery education from one university in Turkey. Findings: Three main themes
were identified: 1. Positioning Holistic Approach in the midwifery paradigm, 2. Barriers to holistic midwifery
care, 3. Facilitators to holistic midwifery care.
Conclusion&Significance:
Consistently, studentmidwives’accounts revealed examples of howthemidwifery
practiceswithholisticapproachshapedandtodescribethebarriersandfacilitatorsofholisticapproachinmidwifery
practices.Specifically,theseinfluenceswerearguedthatcreatedthepositioningholisticapproachinthemidwifery
paradigm.Although international researchers support to these arguments, this study is the first known qualitative
research to explore the experiences of midwifery students within a holistic midwifery practices in Turkey.
Biography
Filiz Okumus has her expertise in holistic health approaches for women’s health. She provides holistic midwifery training for midwives
and midwifery students. Okumus’s holistic midwifery model creates new pathways for improving maternal care in Turkey. She has built
this model after years of experience in research, evaluation, teaching and administration both in hospital and educational institutions.
Okumus’s holistic midwifery model is based on the spiritual power of the Anatolian lands and the traditional midwifery approach. This
methodology is responsive to mysticism of Mevlana Celaleddin-i Rumi and has a scientific way of focusing.
fokumus@medipol.edu