PARENTAL BEREAVEMENT: EXPERIENCES OF THE NURSING STAFF IN NEONATAL INTENSIVE CARE

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Title: PARENTAL BEREAVEMENT: EXPERIENCES OF THE NURSING STAFF IN NEONATAL INTENSIVE CARE
Authors: Luciana de Carvalho Pires, Regina Gema Santini Costenaro, Maria Helena Gehlen, Liliane Alves Pereira, Camila Freitas Hausen, Eliane Tatsch Neves
Source: Cogitare Enfermagem, Vol 28 (2023)
Publisher Information: Universidade Federal do ParanĂ¡, 2023.
Publication Year: 2023
Collection: LCC:Nursing
LCC:Medicine (General)
LCC:Public aspects of medicine
Subject Terms: Bereavement, Intensive Care Units, Neonatal Nursing, Parents., Nursing, RT1-120, Medicine (General), R5-920, Public aspects of medicine, RA1-1270
More Details: Objective: to know the experience of the nursing team when acting in situations of parental bereavement in Neonatal Intensive Care. Method: qualitative study developed through semi-structured interviews from March to April 2021 with nursing professionals from a Neonatal Intensive Care Unit in Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil. The results were submitted to thematic content analysis. Results: The act of experiencing parental bereavement by the nursing staff involves sadness, helplessness, and suffering. Strategies faced at this moment are based on empathy and humanization. For the professionals, the knowledge to face the situation comes from their own experiences of loss in their personal and professional lives, from their strength and religiosity. Conclusion: it is expected that this study contributes to the practice of health professionals in assisting parents who experience the process of parental bereavement in neonatal intensive care.
Document Type: article
File Description: electronic resource
Language: English
Spanish; Castilian
Portuguese
ISSN: 1414-8536
2176-9133
38336480
Relation: https://revistas.ufpr.br/cogitare/article/view/89837; https://doaj.org/toc/1414-8536; https://doaj.org/toc/2176-9133
DOI: 10.1590/ce.v28i0.89837
Access URL: https://doaj.org/article/d99d7ea383364801b9b0e608d153821c
Accession Number: edsdoj.99d7ea383364801b9b0e608d153821c
Database: Directory of Open Access Journals
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ISSN:14148536
21769133
38336480
DOI:10.1590/ce.v28i0.89837
Published in:Cogitare Enfermagem
Language:English
Spanish; Castilian
Portuguese