NURSING CARE FOR PATIENTS WITH INCURABLE CANCER: THE PERCEPTION OF A GROUP OF HEALTHCARE PROFESSIONALS
This study investigated the experience of professional nurses involved in the care of cancer patients whose cancer was beyond treatment. The study had a qualitative approach and was undertaken with the participation of thirteen professionals from a nursing team in a teaching hospital in the countrys...
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doaj-8976e7564bd94c09bf3677ff6971a9482021-01-02T12:21:05ZengUniversidade Federal do ParanáCogitare Enfermagem1414-85362176-91332011-12-0116464765310.5380/ce.v16i4.25433NURSING CARE FOR PATIENTS WITH INCURABLE CANCER: THE PERCEPTION OF A GROUP OF HEALTHCARE PROFESSIONALSMaria Helena PintoMaria Fernanda CruzClaudia Bernardi CesarinoAdriana Pelegrini dos Santos PereiraRita de Cássia Helu Mendonça RibeiroLúcia Marinilza BeccariaThis study investigated the experience of professional nurses involved in the care of cancer patients whose cancer was beyond treatment. The study had a qualitative approach and was undertaken with the participation of thirteen professionals from a nursing team in a teaching hospital in the countryside in Sao Paulo state. The data was collected through interviews between August and October 2009. By applying Bardin’s content analysis, the data was categorized in three groups; nursing routines with patients with incurable cancer, facing work with patients in the terminal phase, and difficulties in working with patients beyond cure. The results indicated that patient care was limited to physical care, and that facing work with these patients was accomplished with individual strategies, putting patient safety at risk. The health care professionals’ lack of preparedness for emotional care was the main difficulty related, with evidence for the need for training in this matter. http://dx.doi.org/10.5380/ce.v16i4.25433NursingCancerTerminally ill patientsHealth professionals |
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Maria Helena Pinto Maria Fernanda Cruz Claudia Bernardi Cesarino Adriana Pelegrini dos Santos Pereira Rita de Cássia Helu Mendonça Ribeiro Lúcia Marinilza Beccaria NURSING CARE FOR PATIENTS WITH INCURABLE CANCER: THE PERCEPTION OF A GROUP OF HEALTHCARE PROFESSIONALS Cogitare Enfermagem Nursing Cancer Terminally ill patients Health professionals |
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Maria Helena Pinto Maria Fernanda Cruz Claudia Bernardi Cesarino Adriana Pelegrini dos Santos Pereira Rita de Cássia Helu Mendonça Ribeiro Lúcia Marinilza Beccaria |
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Maria Helena Pinto |
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NURSING CARE FOR PATIENTS WITH INCURABLE CANCER: THE PERCEPTION OF A GROUP OF HEALTHCARE PROFESSIONALS |
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NURSING CARE FOR PATIENTS WITH INCURABLE CANCER: THE PERCEPTION OF A GROUP OF HEALTHCARE PROFESSIONALS |
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NURSING CARE FOR PATIENTS WITH INCURABLE CANCER: THE PERCEPTION OF A GROUP OF HEALTHCARE PROFESSIONALS |
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NURSING CARE FOR PATIENTS WITH INCURABLE CANCER: THE PERCEPTION OF A GROUP OF HEALTHCARE PROFESSIONALS |
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NURSING CARE FOR PATIENTS WITH INCURABLE CANCER: THE PERCEPTION OF A GROUP OF HEALTHCARE PROFESSIONALS |
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nursing care for patients with incurable cancer: the perception of a group of healthcare professionals |
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Universidade Federal do Paraná |
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Cogitare Enfermagem |
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1414-8536 2176-9133 |
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This study investigated the experience of professional nurses involved in the care of cancer patients whose cancer was beyond treatment. The study had a qualitative approach and was undertaken with the participation of thirteen professionals from a nursing team in a teaching hospital in the countryside in Sao Paulo state. The data was collected through interviews between August and October 2009. By applying Bardin’s content analysis, the data was categorized in three groups; nursing routines with patients with incurable cancer, facing work with patients in the terminal phase, and difficulties in working with patients beyond cure. The results indicated that patient care was limited to physical care, and that facing work with these patients was accomplished with individual strategies, putting patient safety at risk. The health care professionals’ lack of preparedness for emotional care was the main difficulty related, with evidence for the need for training in this matter.
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Nursing Cancer Terminally ill patients Health professionals |
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