Patient Interview Research Paper

Patient Interview The patient I interviewed just had a beautiful baby girl that was delivered 16 hours before this interview. She appeared tired, but was very excited to answer my questions about her birthing experience. My intent for this interview was to get a good idea on the quality of care that she received during this birth, and maybe more information on her overall experience of the birth. I started with some simple questions. I asked her how she thought her pregnancy went overall and how it went compared to her previous pregnancies. She responded with she thought it went well, and compared to her previous pregnancies it was a lot smoother with less hiccups and problems throughout it. She has had a good amount of miscarriages …show more content…
She has gone through three pregnancies and has had two kids. One pregnancy ended in a miscarriage, and the other two ran past her due date to 40 weeks and were induced. Her last delivery was when I was born, so this was 21 years ago. I figured this was a nice generation gap between the current patient interview that I had done. My intent for this interview was to like the first interview get a good idea on the quality of care that she received during her last birth, and more information on her overall experience. I asked her how she thought her last pregnancy went overall and how it went compared to her previous pregnancies. She responded with she thought it went well overall, but there were a couple problems that occurred. She said about 7 weeks before I was born she was having really bad false labor contractions, so her doctors had her come in so they could run tests to make sure it was real labor. They were concerned because nothing would help the contractions and they were not disappearing. They sent her home telling her to just go for a really long walk and it should just go away. When she was actually in labor, the doctors were concerned because every time she would have a contraction my heart rate would drop and would not come back up. They were prepared for any kind of complication that was to come, and when I came out they discovered I just had the umbilical cord wrapped around my neck …show more content…
First, I noticed both of the people I interviewed had positive experiences with nurses. Even if the situation they were in was not positive such as the first mother I interviewed having preterm babies and my mom’s with my heart rate dropping, the nurses were the highlight and made the situation better. Also, both mothers had somewhat smooth pregnancies with very little hiccups. Something that was also similar was the fact the things they wish they would have done differently could maybe have been prevented with some patient education. The first mother with arriving to the hospital sooner, and my mother wit learning about postpartum