2014
DOI: 10.1590/s0080-623420140000100004
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The existence of nursing in caring for terminally ills’life: a phenomenological study

Abstract: RESUmoAo cuidar do paciente oncológico em seu processo de terminalidade de vida, a enfermagem experiencia as situações de sofrimento ante a angústia do outro. Este estudo teve como objetivo compreender o sentido e o significado atribuídos, pelos profissionais de enfermagem, ao cuidado paliativo oncológico hospitalar. Trata-se de uma pesquisa fenomenológica, embasada no pensar heideggeriano, realizada com 13 profissionais de enfermagem, atuantes em Ala Oncológica hospitalar, por meio de entrevistas semiestrutur… Show more

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“…Advanced cancer generates a devastating burden of physical, emotional, and psychological symptoms (2) . Nursing care to cancer patients undergoing palliative care requires emotional preparation on the part of the teams in view of the experiences of suffering of advanced cancer patients and their families (3) . The routine of care in view of the terminality generates emotional exhaustion in nursing professionals.…”
Section: Introductionmentioning
confidence: 99%
“…Advanced cancer generates a devastating burden of physical, emotional, and psychological symptoms (2) . Nursing care to cancer patients undergoing palliative care requires emotional preparation on the part of the teams in view of the experiences of suffering of advanced cancer patients and their families (3) . The routine of care in view of the terminality generates emotional exhaustion in nursing professionals.…”
Section: Introductionmentioning
confidence: 99%
“…Through care relationships, she also finds the possibility of reflecting and understanding her own world (16) . Still in this sense, it is essential to have empathy, that is, to project oneself into the existential situation of being ill, since care only occurs through solicitude (17) , characteristics Rev Gaúcha Enferm. 2018;39:e2016-0069 that are revealed in the experiences of the care presented.…”
Section: Discussionmentioning
confidence: 99%
“…Given this, we realize that by being a caregiver and facing the intemperiences of this experience, even if the woman "decides" not to take care of herself, she assumes a form of "careless" care, where she does not stop exercising a kind of caring. Thus, they can take care of themselves in the form of "carelessness" (17) . Such care as carelessness is an option the woman makes, given her possibilities of being, so that she can take care of the other and assume her own authenticity.…”
Section: Discussionmentioning
confidence: 99%
“…[15][16] The concern for the other splurge threat to the omnipotence of health professionals, recognizing that it is not always possible to provide healing for the sick suffering, causing disappointment because of their expectations and constructs of care. 17,18 So, not realizing the fragility of others can present itself as a professional shield needed to not impact with the suffering of others and maintain emotional control, to understand what the actors involved are feeling and experiencing at that time. From this perspective, the experience of being a nurse acting as a companion can be expressed in two distinct periods: the first, the dissociation of "professional self " and "family self " and in the second, the inability to dissociate them.…”
Section: "It Was Like This When My Father Was Hospitalized Trying Tomentioning
confidence: 99%