Feelings and thoughts of midwifery students during their first birth suite placement: A qualitative study
Elif Balkan,
Refika Genc Koyucu
Abstract:This descriptive qualitative study aimed to understand the feelings and thoughts experienced by 4th year midwifery students during the first birth they attended during clinical practice. Focus group interviews were conducted with 22 final year midwifery students in Istanbul, Türkiye December 2020. The transcribed data were analyzed by the descriptive qualitative analysis method. The students experienced not only negative feelings such as fear, torment, anxiety but also positive feelings such as hope, excitemen… Show more
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