Challenges of systematization of nursing care in palliative care in cancer: a complexity perspective

Abstract

doi: 10.5216/ree.v12i3.7939

The study aims at analyzing the flow of care in hospitals rendered for children and adolescents who are victims of such offence and the feeling it arises in the professionals who face this phenomenon. It is a descriptive and exploratory study with quantitative approach. It counted on the participation of 34 health professionals who perform their job in hospitals from the northern region of the state of Rio Grande do Sul. The data collection was carried out from May to July 2008. In order to make the study, an instrument was elaborated with closed questions and analyzed by descriptive statistics. The results show that as to the composition of the team, 72% of the professionals belonged to the feminine sex and 38% to the age frame of 23-30 years old. As to the professional category, 59% were nursing technicians. Regarding the flow of attendance regarding violence cases, 31% call the Justice Department, 25% communicate the Guardianship Court and 12% fill out the compulsory notice form, communicate the Guardianship Court and render assistance. Regarding the feelings that arise in view of the attendance, the evidence shows commotion, indignation, fear and impotence.The study made it possible to render visible the reality where children and adolescents who are victims of violence are attended and to discuss the local interventions and to point out the elements for the more effective actions.

Descriptors: Violence; Child Health (Public Health); Adolescent Health; Health Personnel.