The caregiving process in the vulnerability perspective

Challenges and confrontations in care by nurses: a study of social representations

“…Therefore, vulnerability represented by the nurses is configured by the intersection between policy--institutional and human-affective challenges (Image 2). The data found by this research is also found in other studies, (3,4,(5)(6)(7)(8)(9)(10)(11) which demonstrate different areas of vulnerability and empowerment of nurses. More specifically, other research emphasized the problem of being exposed to the occupational risks of nursing (6)(7)(8)(9)(10) , the high workloads for women working in nursing (9) , long working hours and exposure to incidents of violence (1,10) , the intensity of tasks, and the presence of pleasure and stress in nursing (10) .…”

“…The threats found put at stake the continuity of the existence, the present or possible quality of life, as well as the social thread in which the professional is located, and take into consideration his personal characteristics, the witnessed stage of the illness, the configuration in which care is performed, both reconstructed psychosocially and by the sociocultural context, which surrounds the professional (1)(2) . As a type of vulnerability seen in the routine of nursing there is one phenomenon that is relevant to nursing science (3) : the psychosocial understanding of behavior, values, attitudes, practices and images that compose the apprehension from nurses about the concept and of state of vulnerability and empowerment in the day-by-day care of patients with the Acquired Immunodeficiency Syndrome (AIDS) (1,2) . Changes in the nurses' workplace include many forces that move towards or against the plenitude to care, and the caregiver's health.…”

Nivel De Sobrecarga en El Desempeño Del Rol Del Cuidador Familiar De Adulto Mayor Con Dependencia Severa

“…Situación que, sumada al escaso mejoramiento de los estilos de vida saludable, trae consigo el aumento de los adultos mayores postrados (AMP) o con dependencia severa, que en Chile se estima entre un 4 y 7% (1). Esto conlleva a una pérdida de autonomía en los Adultos Mayores (AM), surge entonces la necesidad de cuidado, de contar con ayuda de otras personas para satisfacer las demandas (2), potencial que se desarrolla según la situación a las que se vean enfrentadas las personas (3). Los sistemas sanitarios tratan de satisfacer las necesidades de cuidado de salud enfocando su atención en términos de mantenimiento de la capacidad funcional (4).…”

Caring for Patients without being with them: Invisibility of Nursing Care in Hospitalization Services

“…In this sense, nursing care is essential because by patients being hospitalized and away from their natural environment this experience can be made even more painful. (8) This is why care gains importance during hospitalization because it favors diminished stress and constitutes by itself an important therapeutic effect, given that nurses make use of hospitality, of the art of caring with technical perfection and ethical commitment, to respect and encourage caring for the vulnerable person. (9) Hospitals are uncertain worlds where care is invisible and it cannot be counted, (10) which is why it is expected that to care we can comprehend the meanings people give to the experience of being ill and hospitalized and the feelings this causes them.…”