title: Intrauterine fetal death: mediconursing and psychosocial considerations for the childbearing patient.
abstract: The purpose of this article is to provide the perinatal nurse with a current review of the pregnancy complication, intrauterine fetal death. The causes, associated complications, and mediconursing management of this pregnancy complication are reviewed. Additionally, by use of the Snyder childbearing trajectory model, the psychosocial effects of intrauterine fetal death are discussed. The presentation of the Snyder model is intended to provide the nurse with a conceptual framework through which psychosocial nursing interventions can be derived.
authors.affiliation: Marcella Niehoff School of Nursing, Loyola University, Chicago.
authors.forename: M C
authors.initials: MC
authors.lastname: Maurer
mesh_terms: D004211:Disseminated Intravascular Coagulation / Q000209:etiology; D004619:Embolism, Amniotic Fluid / Q000209:etiology; D005260:Female; D005313:Fetal Death; D006801:Humans; D011247:Pregnancy; D011248:Pregnancy Complications / Q000451:nursing* / Q000523:psychology; D018805:Sepsis / Q000209:etiology