Stressors in the nursing care delivered to potential organ donors

Abstract

This study examines those situations that are typical to the work of the nursing team in the intensive care unit, especially those that nursing teams consider stressful and are common in intensive care units in the treatment of patients being considered as potential organ or tissue donors. It is an exploratory-descriptive study, established with a qualitative approach, conducted at an Adult Intensive Care Unit. The reports revealed the fact that organ donation leads to different situations and emotions. Regarding the perception of nursing care to the potential organ donor patient, the subjects reported they did not discriminate patients when delivering care, but recognize a certain lack of self-confidence and preparation dealing with brain death. They try to minimize the effects of stressors with physical activities, social support, spirituality, or attempt to separate work from personal life.

Early identification and referral of organ donors in five private hospitals: A survey to determine the knowledge and views of critical care professional nurses pre and post a PowerPoint training intervention

“…The critical care staff and the OTCs must form a strong team to optimally facilitate the questions and the grief of the family, to relieve the emotional burden on the CCPNs. [16,32] Managing the families of organ donors is emotionally and psychologically challenging, and increases the demands on an already stretched team. [15,16] A total of 90% of participants responded in question 11 that the OTCs should perform reflection and debriefing sessions with the CCPNs after an organ donation process.…”

“…The function of debriefing is to identify aspects of team performance that went well, and those that did not, and to determine opportunities for improvement of the process. [32,33] Reflection and debriefing sessions with the healthcare professionals involved should be routinely conducted during and after procurement of organs. [16,32,33]…”

Burnout e Qualidade de Vida em uma Residência Multiprofissional: um Estudo Longitudinal de Dois Anos

“…Como a RMS da UFMS está centrada na abordagem hospitalar ao paciente crítico, o grau de exigência a que o residente está submetido é muito grande, pois, de um lado, tem-se a gravidade dos casos assistidos, nos quais o residente lida constantemente com situações de tensão e morte [8][9][10] ; de outro, se encontram questões psicossociais, ambientais e familiares, que exigem equilíbrio físico e mental dos discentes [8][9][10][11] .…”

Care of (potentially) brain‐dead patients: A qualitative study protocol

“…(Drexler, 2015). In addition to issues already discussed in the literature, for example providing communicative support and additional needs for the relatives (Guido, Linch, Andolhe, Conegatto, & Tonini, 2009;Monforte-Royo & Roqué, 2012;Pearson, Robertson-Malt, Walsh, & Fitzgerald, 2001) and/or medical guidance between the period of brain death and death, such as relation ambivalence, presence of heartbeat and therapy for preservation of organs, (Flodén, Berg, & Forsberg, 2011;Monforte-Royo & Roqué, 2012) new considerations were identified not yet described in the literature (Drexler, 2015):…”