Death and caring for dying patients: exploring first-year nursing students' descriptive experiences

Dziubaszewska

Pielegniarstwo XXI Wieku / Nursing in the 21st Century

et al. 2019

Introduction. Nurses in their work more often than other professional groups have contact with human death. Nowadays, death is the source of many negative emotions that can cause increased exposure to burnout. Therefore, it is extremely important for nursing staff to have an appropriate approach to dying patients, what will allow them to provide optimal care for the patient at the end of his life.Aim. Assessment of attitudes of nursing staff towards the death and dying of the patient.Material and methods. The study was conducted using the diagnostic survey method with the use of the original questionnaire, which consisted of 40 questions including 26 questions of single choice, 4 questions of multiple choice and 10 questions with characteristics. The material for the study was collected in March and April 2018, the opinion of 594 registered nurses (581 women, 13 man) was examined in departments where nursing staff have frequent contact with dying patients. The analysis was carried out using the SPSS program.Results. The most often nursing staff considers death as a natural phenomenon that every human being must meet (52.2%). Most of the nurses approach emotionally (42.3%) to death of patient. The most frequent emotions accompanying members of nursing teams during a patient’s death are compassion (69.4%) and sadness (67.8%). The nursing staff considers that the most ethical treatment for a dying patient is to give him decent conditions of dying (98%). Nurses mainly consider persistent therapy (79.6%) as prolonging suffering.Conclusions. Nurses in contact with a dying patient most often feel compassion and sadness. The most ethical treatment of a dying patient according to nursing staff is to provide him with decent conditions for dying.

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The attitude of nursing staff towards the death and dying of the patient

Dziubaszewska

Pielegniarstwo XXI Wieku / Nursing in the 21st Century

et al. 2019

“…Dying and death are predictable and natural phenomena of life, and their monitoring, is an integral component of nursing as a profession. In most of the places of assistance to health, nurses will find patients in care at the end of life and therefore need to be prepared for this not so easy task, but necessary in the perspective of care for the control of symptoms and the promotion of quality of life for patients and their family members (8) .…”

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“…And when it comes to academic education, researches have shown that nursing students have demonstrated the need to receive continued support and have opportunities for reflection and discussion about their experiences during the practical activities and training courses on how to take care of patients in the process of terminal illness and how to face their fears and doubts before death (8) .…”

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Care to the person in a terminal process in the perception of the nursing students

Silva¹,

Oliveira²,

Pereira³

et al. 2015

Rev Rene

Objective: to know the experiences of the nursing students regarding the care to the person in a terminal process. Methods:a qualitative study with data collected through semi-structured interviews held with ten nursing students. Results: fromthe data analysis, two theme categories emerged: Feelings expressed facing the first contact with the patients in a terminalprocess and care to the patient in a terminal process: dichotomy between theory and practice. When experiencing the careto the person in the dying process, students have shown that the feeling of helplessness was the most striking, among otherssuch as sadness, anguish and insecurity. Conclusion: the practices of care of the nursing team disagree with the academicdiscussions, denying the discourse that the nurse should be present with the patient, regardless of his clinical condition.

“…3 Por outro lado, estudantes de Enfermagem do primeiro ano de formação informam que pensar sobre a morte é mais assustador do que a experiência real de lidar com ela. 9 Tais resultados mostram o quanto a experiência de lidar com a morte pode ser diversa, na dependência do preparo e da disposição de cada ser humano.…”

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morte e o processo de morrer

Lima¹,

Borsatto²,

Vaz³

et al. 2018

REME Rev Min Enferm.

RESUMOObjetiva-se refletir sobre o processo de morte e morrer e dos cuidados necessários associados a essa fase da vida das pessoas que vivenciam a morte e de suas famílias, visando contribuir para o debate da educação para a morte e da humanização do processo de morte e morrer. A morte é uma fase da vida e está presente no cotidiano dos profissionais de saúde, mas o modelo de atenção à saúde não se mostra efetivo para lidar com as demandas das pessoas e de suas famílias na morte. Há muitos desafios a serem enfrentados na formação profissional, como limitações nos currículos e na abordagem multicultural da morte. Privilegia-se o ensino da tecnociência, com pouco espaço para a abordagem dos aspectos emocionais, espirituais e sociais do ser humano. Concluiu-se que é preciso conversar mais sobre a morte e o processo de morrer, ampliar a geração de conhecimentos sobre o tema e a aquisição de habilidades profissionais para lidar com os familiares e com as situações de cuidados de fim de vida, com a morte no cotidiano assistencial e com os próprios profissionais que vivenciam tais experiências de cuidado. Palavras-chave: Morte; Cuidados Paliativos; Enfermagem. ABSTR ACT The objective is to provoke reflection on the process of death and dying and the necessary care associated with this phase of the life of people who experience death and their families, aiming to contribute to the debate of education for death and humanization of the process of death and dying. Death is a phase of life and is present in health professionals