Nursing workers’ perceptions of palliative care

Authors

  • Tânia Cristina Schäfer Vasques Universidade Federal do Rio Grande
  • Valéria Lerch Lunardi Universidade Federal do Rio Grande, Escola de Enfermagem
  • Rosemary Silva da Silveira Universidade Federal do Rio Grande, Escola de Enfermagem
  • Wilson Danilo Lunardi Filho Universidade Federal do Rio Grande, Escola de Enfermagem
  • Giovana Calcagno Gomes Universidade Federal do Rio Grande, Escola de Enfermagem
  • Aline Campelo Pintanel

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.5216/ree.v15i3.20811

Keywords:

Palliative Care, Medical Futility, Nursing, Ethics

Abstract

ABSTRACT

The objective was to identify the perceptions that nursing workers who assist patients with no chance of cure and at risk make of palliative care. This is a qualitative, exploratory and descriptive study. Data collection was performed during the year of 2011, through a semi-structured interview, with 23 nursing workers of a Medical Clinic Unit of a hospital in Southern Brazil. The data was submitted to discursive textual analysis. The results revealed two categories: Nursing workers’ (lack of) knowledge regarding palliative care and While living, is there hope? focusing an apparent lack of knowledge regarding palliative care, the futility of the treatment, as well as the feelings triggered by the workers who take care of patients with no chance of cure and at risk of death. It is highlighted that permanent education is important to prepare nursing workers, based on the issue of terminality that nursing workers face everyday.

Descriptors: Palliative Care; Medical Futility; Nursing; Ethics.

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Author Biographies

Tânia Cristina Schäfer Vasques, Universidade Federal do Rio Grande

Enfermeira. Discente do Programa de Pós-Graduação em Enfermagem (PPGEnf), nível Mestrado, da Universidade Federal do Rio Grande (FURG). Rio Grande, RS, Brasil. E-mail: taniacristina9@yahoo.com.br.

Valéria Lerch Lunardi, Universidade Federal do Rio Grande, Escola de Enfermagem

Enfermeira, Doutora em Enfermagem. Professora Associada da Escola de Enfermagem (EENF) da FURG. Rio Grande, RS, Brasil. E-mail: vlunardi@terra.com.br.

Rosemary Silva da Silveira, Universidade Federal do Rio Grande, Escola de Enfermagem

Enfermeira. Doutora em Enfermagem. Professora Associada da EENF/FURG. Rio Grande, RS, Brasil. E-mail: anacarol@mikrus.com.br.

Wilson Danilo Lunardi Filho, Universidade Federal do Rio Grande, Escola de Enfermagem

Enfermeiro, Doutor em Enfermagem. Professor Associado da EENF/FURG. Rio Grande, RS, Brasil. E-mail: lunardifilho@terra.com.br.

Giovana Calcagno Gomes, Universidade Federal do Rio Grande, Escola de Enfermagem

Enfermeira, Doutora em Enfermagem. Professora Associada da EENF/FURG. Rio Grande, RS, Brasil. E-mail: giovanacalcagno@furg.br.

Aline Campelo Pintanel

Enfermeira, Mestre em Enfermagem. Rio Grande, RS, Brasil. E-mail: acpintanel@hotmail.com.

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Published

2013-09-30

Issue

Vol. 15 No. 3 (2013)

Section

Original Article