A reação e o sentimento do enfermeiro diante da morte: preparo profissional e psicológico

Abstract

Discuss about the difficulties of nurses in patient care and to family members in death process / die and understand their reactions and feelings to deal with such a situation is the objective of this study that was conducted through literature review and electronic search of scientific articles found in databases: SCIELO, Virtual Library, and Electronic Nursing Journals. The nursing team is always close at difficult moments in which the patient and family need immediate care. Thus, the professional nurses need to deal with difficult feelings and reactions in this phase of life. However, the knowledge of death / dying can make this process less painful. It concludes that it is extremely important the preparation of nurses on death and dying process, knowing the stages of dying, besides the reactions and feelings before them, both for the patient and family.