a??Keeping It Together, Keeping Their Heads Above Watera??: Western Australian Child Health Nursesa?? Understanding of Resilience in Postpartum Mothers

摘要

Assessing the well-being of postpartum mothers is an important aspect of postnatal nursing care. For this reason, Child Health Nurses (CHNs) are charged with the responsibility of identifying postpartum mothers who doot manifest resilient behavioral qualities. However, little is known about CHNsa?? conceptualization of resilience or how they assess resilience in postpartum mothers. This exemplar study addressed this knowledge shortfall by conducting semi-structured interviews with eight practicing CHNs. The studya??s findings reveal that although CHNsa?? conceptual understanding of resilience is congruent with current theoretical thinking, some variance does exist in the ways in which CHNs assess postpartum resilience, particularly, in relation to CHNsa?? use of intuitive assessment techniques to appraise the critical maternal postpartum coping qualities of adaptation, responsiveness, self-confidence, and social connectedness.