Was your loss over 20 weeks and less than 2 years ago? Maybe you would like to participate in a doctoral study (questionnaire is about 20-30 minutes online) being conducted by an L & D nurse. The purpose of the study is to determine what helps and does not help newly bereaved families in the hospital.
Peggy writes: I have been a Labor and Delivery nurse for 15 years and now doctoral candidate at West Virginia University. In my work, I have been with many women as they experienced a stillbirth loss. I came to wonder if what we did at the time, in the hospital, if it was helpful. Could it even be harmful? We can only find out from women who know. Would you be willing to to help me help other women as they go through their loss? Tell me your story - of those things that were offered, what was helpful? what was not helpful? If your pregnancy was greater than 20 weeks gestation and your loss occurred in the last 2 years, would you go to the website below. The survey is online and will take about 20-30 minutes to complete. It can be found at:
www.surveymonkey.com/plf
Thank you,
Peggy Lambert Fink, MSN, FNP-C
plambert@wvutech.edu
I am a bereaved parent who had a
stillbirth three years ago. I am currently
co-conducting a survey about medical bad news delivery
and the communications between patients and care
providers about their diagnosis. I am specifically
hoping to reach parents who have had a stillbirth,
neonatal death (death of a child within 28 days of
birth) or a pregnancy loss.
We are hoping to learn more about this kind of
communication and offer insights to care-providers
about the effects of these interactions. Data
collected from this confidential survey will be used
for completion of a course project in the master’s
program at San Francisco State University. The survey
is confidential and should take approximately 25
minutes to complete.
If you have any questions, I would be happy to
answer them. I can be reached by email at
spullen@sfsu.edu.
You can download a copy of the survey announcement (format 1, format 2),
in case you would like flyers to post or circulate.
I also have hard copies of the surveys and if you
send me an email with the street address, I would be
happy to mail them to you.
I send my sincere thanks for considering helping get
the word out about this study,
Suzanne Pullen
spullen@sfsu.edu
www.surveymonkey.com/nld
More about my story at:
www.sfgate.com/pregnancyafterloss
