LIFE SUPPORT USE: PERCEPTION OF THE NURSING STAFF IN HAEMATO ONCOLOGY
Paulo Barrozo Cassol1, Alberto Manuel Quintana2, Maria Teresa Aquino de Campos Velho3
1Mestre em Enfermagem. Mestrando em Extensão Rural. Especialista em Educação Ambiental pela Universidade Federal de Santa Maria (UFSM). Especialista em Gestão Hospitalar. Graduado em Enfermagem pela UFSM. Membro do Grupo de Pesquisa Cuidado à Saúde das Pessoas, Famílias e Sociedade. Membro do Comitê de Bioética do Hospital Universitário de Santa Maria.
Abstract:
The aim was to understand the perception of the nursing staff of a haemato-oncology inpatient unit on the use of life support in case of offend-of-life situations. This is qualitative research, with 23 professionals from nursing staff (nurses, nursing technicians and nursing assistants) of a teaching Hospital in southern Brazil. For the production of the data the semi-directed interview was used, recorded during September and October 2013, being interpreted by category content analysis. The results evidenced the dilemma in which the use of vital support is perceived as suffering for the terminally-ill patient, but cannot be dissociated from care practices. It is concluded that the perceptions of the nursing staff is ambiguous, due to the different sentiments caused by the use of technologywith the terminally ill. Thus, it may be considered that approach and reflections during training can help to minimize the conflicts in professional performance.
More Related Videos
Related Concept Videos
Ethical Issues
Ethical Concerns in Healthcare:
Nursing Ethical Principles II
Consider the following scenario, which illustrates how these principles are applied in the care of Mr. John, a fifty-year-old teacher diagnosed with metastatic liver cancer.
Initially, Mr. John's...
Techniques of therapeutic communication I: Active Listening, Sharing Observations, Validation, and Using Touch
Therapeutic communication is not the same as social interaction. Social interaction has no goal or purpose and consists of casual information sharing, whereas therapeutic communication has a plan or purpose for the conversation. Therapeutic...
Obedience
Continuing Care
Respiratory Assessment: Purpose and Indications
Objectives and Importance:
The primary goal of respiratory assessment is to evaluate patients at early risk of clinical deterioration. Since respiratory distress often precedes other signs of declining health, breathing patterns and sounds become a...


