Background

In Australia, midwives care closely for women during pregnancy and birth and the immediate postnatal period. This scoping review aimed to explore the experiences of female maternity healthcare professionals when they return to work following a personal pregnancy loss or neonatal death.

Methodology: A scoping review was carried out on published and unpublished research and grey literature looking at how maternity healthcare professionals who have had a personal perinatal loss experience working in a maternity setting following the loss. A search of the literature was performed between October and December 2018, with no set limitations. A search for relevant references from included papers was also carried out. The literature was analysed thematically. The types of perinatal loss were defined as per Australian guidelines.

Results

10 articles were included in this scoping review. Four themes emerged from the literature and these were: 1) Impact of being asked, “have you got children?”; 2) Impact on professional practice; 3) Impact of pre-existing professional knowledge; 4) Importance of collegial support on return to work.

Conclusions

Return to work in a maternity setting following a personal perinatal loss is emotionally challenging and requires a range of supports. Further research is needed in this area.

中文翻译：

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生育保健专业人员在个人围产期损失后重返工作岗位的经验：文献综述

背景

在澳大利亚，助产士在怀孕和分娩期间以及产后初期密切照顾妇女。该范围界定审查旨在探索女性生育保健专业人员在个人流产或新生儿死亡后重返工作岗位时的经历。

方法：对已发表和未发表的研究和灰色文献进行了范围界定审查，以了解有过个人围产期流产经历的产科保健专业人员在流产后如何在产科环境中工作。在 2018 年 10 月至 12 月之间进行了文献检索，没有设定限制。还从包含的论文中搜索了相关参考文献。对文献进行了专题分析。围产期丢失的类型是根据澳大利亚指南定义的。

结果

10 篇文章被纳入此范围界定审查。文献中出现了四个主题，它们是：1）被问到“你有孩子吗？”的影响；2）对专业实践的影响；3) 已有专业知识的影响；4) 合议支持对重返工作岗位的重要性。

结论

在个人围产期流产后重返产科工作岗位在情感上具有挑战性，需要一系列支持。在这方面需要进一步的研究。