Nurses’ perception on palliative care and management of pain at the ICU: DOI: 10.15343/0104-7809.2013374450457
Taking care of a human being in the death process is a challenge for nurses working at the Intensive Care Unit (ICU). Thisstudy aimed to identify and analyze the nurses’ perception on palliative care and management of pain in an Intensive CareUnit and characterize the sample. This quanti-qualitative...
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| Tipo de recurso: | artículo |
| Estado: | Versión publicada |
| Fecha de publicación: | 2013 |
| País: | Brasil |
| Institución: | Centro Universitário São Camilo |
| Repositorio: | O Mundo da Saúde (Online) |
| Idioma: | portugués |
| OAI Identifier: | oai:ojs3.revistamundodasaude.emnuvens.com.br:article/417 |
| Acceso en línea: | https://revistamundodasaude.emnuvens.com.br/mundodasaude/article/view/417 |
| Access Level: | acceso abierto |
| Palabra clave: | Cuidados Paliativos. Dor. Doente Terminal. Unidades de Terapia Intensiva. Medição da Dor. Palliative Care. Pain. Terminally Ill. Intensive Care Units. Pain Measurement. |
| Sumario: | Taking care of a human being in the death process is a challenge for nurses working at the Intensive Care Unit (ICU). Thisstudy aimed to identify and analyze the nurses’ perception on palliative care and management of pain in an Intensive CareUnit and characterize the sample. This quanti-qualitative study was developed at an Intensive Care Unit of Campinas, inthe state of São Paulo. Eight nurses participated in the study. Data were collected from June to August 2011 through semi--structured interviews recorded individually. Quantitative data were analyzed through descriptive statistics and qualitativedata were analyzed according to the content analysis methodology. The nurses working in the ICU form a heterogeneousteam having different time experience as a nurse, different working time in the ICU and in the institution. By analyzingthe speeches, five categories were evidenced: palliative care concept, nursing care in palliative care at the ICU, measuresto evaluate and control pain, lack of consensus for palliative care and pain control and family integration at the ICU. Thedifficulty of the nurses in relation to palliative care and pain management highlights the importance of approaching thetheme since undergraduate level and of the education activities aimed at a permanent education of the professionals aboutthe theme. |
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