title: [Saying goodbye to the newborn: the unease and actions of nursing professionals in handling stillbirth care].
abstract: BACKGROUND
  Facing the death of newborns is an inescapable part of the professional responsibilities of delivery room nurses. The meaning of the inner conflict of these nurses and their nursing experience in handling newborn death is poorly addressed in nursing practice.
  
  
  OBJECTIVE
  This research explores the stillbirth care experiences of delivery room nurses.
  
  
  METHODS
  A qualitative approach was used to investigate the stillbirth-care experiences of nurse participants.
  
  
  RESULTS
  The results elicited the experiences of participants with inner conflict and their resulting action caring. Main themes extracted from data include: feeling unease about being unable to provide effective treatment and the need to say goodbye to the deceased newborn. The former includes the subthemes of: guilt about doing nothing and feeling conflicted about ending a life. The latter includes: caring about and empathizing with the mother and accompanying the mother as she says goodbye to her baby. Additionally, the theme of saying a personal goodbye to the newborn baby includes praying for the baby and respecting baby's body.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  The findings of this study enhance the nursing practice knowledge of stillbirth nursing in the delivery room.
authors: Department of Nursing, Kang-Ning Junior College of Medical Care and Management, Taiwan, ROC.
authors: Chien-Hui
authors: CH
authors: Lin
authors: Institute of Philosophy of Mind and Cognition, National Yang-Ming University, Taiwan, ROC.
authors: Kai-Yuan
authors: KY
authors: Cheng
authors: School of Nursing, National Yang-Ming University, Taiwan, ROC. hhchiang@ym.edu.tw.
authors: Hsien-Hsien
authors: HH
authors: Chiang
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D006801:Humans; D007231:Infant, Newborn; D009726:Nurses / Q000523:psychology*; D036301:Qualitative Research; D050497:Stillbirth
keywords: group interactive; nurse perception; stillbirth care