本研究探討未婚女性於第一孕期接受人工流產手術的經驗歷程。採現象學研究法，在南部某婦產科醫院收案，共收取十位個案。研究者從手術前到手術後全程陪伴個案並提供護理服務，並將手術前後過程寫成行為過程記錄。手術後再分別與研究對象進行三次深度會談。會談內容分析結果，依時序歸納成七個主題，包括:「對懷孕的震驚與不知所措」、「抉擇過程的迷惘與衝突」、「抉擇後的失落與抑鬱」、「面對手術過程的惶恐與憂慮」、「中止懷孕後的解脫與哀愁」、「手術後對身體復原的顧慮」及「相信命定論以緩解心靈的折磨」。本研究結果可提供臨床護理人員及護理行政者參考。

The research explores the lived experience of unmarried women who accepted induced abortion during the first trimester. The research was conducted by phenomenological research and took 10 unmarried women as study samples. The researcher took care of these cases from the beginning to the end of the operation and recorded the process of the abortion. Data was collected by 3 times in-depth interviews after abortion. The contents of interviews were analysed in accordance with Colaizzi's theory (1978). The results show that the lived experience could be divided into 7 themes, including “shockand not knowing what to do about the pregnancy”,“confusion and conflict in deciding whethe:r to havean abortion or not”,“loss and depression after making the decision”,“fear and worry when facing the operation”,“relief and grief after the abortion”,“worry about the recovery”, and “mitigatingpersonal sense of guilt by self-persuasion in a religious way”. The result of this study can be applied as a reference for clinical nursing staff and nursing administrators.