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Palliative care in the uti: nurses' understanding
Cuidados paliativos na uti: compreensão dos enfermeiros
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Abstract Objective: Investigate nurses' understanding of palliative care. Method: Qualitative study conducted in April and May 2011 with six nurses from the UTI of a public hospital in João Pessoa/PB. We used a questionnaire containing data characterizing the sample and three guiding questions.The data were ... view more
Objective: Investigate nurses' understanding of palliative care. Method: Qualitative study conducted in April and May 2011 with six nurses from the UTI of a public hospital in João Pessoa/PB. We used a questionnaire containing data characterizing the sample and three guiding questions.The data were analyzed according to the Collective Subject Discourse technique. The study was approved by the Ethics Committee of the College of Santa Emilia Rodat, N° 014/2011. Result: Central ideas identified: 1) multidisciplinary actions to promote well-being of patients and their families by relieving pain and physical problems, psychosocial and spiritual. 2) actions that provide comfort and pain relief. 3) significant care and patient and famílianecessários year, by Profissionais of saúde, aiming morteumador and sofrimento week. Conclusion: With responses from nurses who flee to the essence of palliative care.... view less
Keywords
palliative medicine; nursing; intensive care medicine; hospice; nurse; Brazil; patient; medical care; psychosocial care
Classification
Medical Sociology
Method
empirical; qualitative empirical
Free Keywords
intensive care units; hospicecare
Document language
Portuguese
Publication Year
2013
Page/Pages
p. 3293-3301
Journal
Revista de Pesquisa: Cuidado é Fundamental Online, 5 (2013) 1
ISSN
2175-5361
Status
Published Version; peer reviewed