Coping strategies of nurses in the care of patients with head and neck neoplasms.

نویسندگان

  • Naira Agostini Rodrigues Dos Santos
  • Antonio Tadeu Cheriff Dos Santos
  • Rildo Pereira da Silva
چکیده

OBJECTIVE To understand and describe the experience of the development of coping strategies during the professional life of nurses providing care to patients with facial image alteration. METHOD Descriptive qualitative study with a hermeneutic-dialectic framework conducted in the head and neck ward of a reference hospital in Rio de Janeiro, with the participation of eight nurses and data produced through semi-structured interviews conducted between June and August 2013. RESULTS Three major impressions were found: initial estrangement and complexity, consisting in the care given to patients with facial image alteration; a threshold between estrangement and coping, corresponding to the emergence of coping strategies during care; and image-likeness as a (re)cognition of the individual with facial image alteration in the development and consolidation of coping strategies during care. CONCLUSION Among other contributions, the identification and understanding of coping strategies may contribute to better qualify nursing education and care. OBJETIVO Compreender e descrever a experiência de desenvolvimento de estratégias de enfrentamento durante a vida profissional de enfermeiras no cuidado aos pacientes com imagem facial alterada. MÉTODO Pesquisa qualitativa descritiva, com referencial hermenêutico-dialético, realizada na Seção de Cabeça e Pescoço de um hospital de referência do Rio de Janeiro, com participação de oito enfermeiras e dados produzidos por meio de entrevista semiestruturada entre junho e agosto de 2013. RESULTADOS Emergiram três amplos sentidos: estranhamento e complexidade iniciais, que constituem o cuidado ao paciente com imagem facial alterada; limiar entre estranhamento e enfrentamento, correspondendo à emersão das estratégias de enfrentamento durante o cuidado; e imagem-semelhança como (re)conhecimento da pessoa com imagem facial alterada no desenvolvimento e na consolidação das estratégias de enfrentamento durante o cuidado. CONCLUSÃO Entre outras contribuições, a identificação e a compreensão das estratégias de enfretamento podem contribuir para melhor qualificar a formação e a assistência de enfermagem.

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عنوان ژورنال:
  • Revista da Escola de Enfermagem da U S P

دوره 50 4  شماره 

صفحات  -

تاریخ انتشار 2016