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inJournal of Pediatric Nursing > Vol.36 No.5 (Sep-Oct) 2017 [10/18/2017] . - p.57-63

Title :	Caring for a Child With an Obstetric Brachial Plexus Injury : A Metaphor Analysis
Material Type:	printed text
Authors:	Beck, Cheryl Tatano, Author
Publication Date:	2017
Article on page:	p.57-63
Languages :	English (eng) Original Language : English (eng)
Keywords:	Obstetric brachial plexus injur. Secondary analysis. Qualitative.
Abstract:	Purpose The purpose of this study was to examine the metaphors used by mothers to describe their experiences caring for their children with obstetric brachial plexus injuries. Design and Methods A secondary qualitative data analysis was conducted from the primary data set of a phenomenological study of mothers' experiences caring for their children with obstetric brachial plexus injuries. The type of secondary qualitative data analysis approach used was analytic expansion. Metaphor Identification Procedure was used to analyze the corpus of 132 pages of typed transcription. Results This metaphorical analysis yielded seven metaphors mothers used to describe their experiences caring for their children with obstetric brachial plexus injuries. These metaphors portrayed mothers' lives as involving a heavy weight, a maze, a juggling act, a simmering pot, a dagger to the heart, a rollercoaster, and a constant battle. Conclusion The seven metaphors helped women express what they could not completely capture using only medical jargon and provide valuable insight for clinicians. Using secondary qualitative data analysis to mine for any metaphors in a primary data set gives researchers another valuable and creative opportunity to discover new knowledge from the data they had previously collected.
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[article] Caring for a Child With an Obstetric Brachial Plexus Injury : A Metaphor Analysis [printed text] / Beck, Cheryl Tatano, Author . - 2017 . - p.57-63.
Languages : English (eng) Original Language  : English (eng)
inJournal of Pediatric Nursing > Vol.36 No.5 (Sep-Oct) 2017 [10/18/2017] . - p.57-63

Keywords:	Obstetric brachial plexus injur. Secondary analysis. Qualitative.
Abstract:	Purpose The purpose of this study was to examine the metaphors used by mothers to describe their experiences caring for their children with obstetric brachial plexus injuries. Design and Methods A secondary qualitative data analysis was conducted from the primary data set of a phenomenological study of mothers' experiences caring for their children with obstetric brachial plexus injuries. The type of secondary qualitative data analysis approach used was analytic expansion. Metaphor Identification Procedure was used to analyze the corpus of 132 pages of typed transcription. Results This metaphorical analysis yielded seven metaphors mothers used to describe their experiences caring for their children with obstetric brachial plexus injuries. These metaphors portrayed mothers' lives as involving a heavy weight, a maze, a juggling act, a simmering pot, a dagger to the heart, a rollercoaster, and a constant battle. Conclusion The seven metaphors helped women express what they could not completely capture using only medical jargon and provide valuable insight for clinicians. Using secondary qualitative data analysis to mine for any metaphors in a primary data set gives researchers another valuable and creative opportunity to discover new knowledge from the data they had previously collected.
Link for e-copy:	http://www.journals.elsevier.com/journal-of-pediatric-nursing/
Record link:	http://libsearch.siu.ac.th/siu/opac_css/index.php?lvl=notice_display&id=27427