O profissional de enfermagem frente à morte do recém-nascido em UTI neonatal

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Introduction – Although death is an often presence on a nursing professional working day, great difficulties have been observed, not only in accepting it but also in knowing how to deal with the situation in a healthy way; specially when it involves a new born baby and it’s family. This Project focuses on verifying how professionals deal with and how are their feelings towards neonatal death. Material and Methods – This is a quantitative research, exploratory, with data collection by structured questionnaire. Population is formed by 52 nursing professionals at a neonatal ICU located in a
medium sized hospital in the suburbs of São Paulo. Utilizing 42 sample (80,8%). Results – Data was analyzed through observational studies, in descriptive format, in which we can verify that in situation of death 62% of the subjects admitted having received enough information while still in school, 57% implied not having received enough information during training; 76% admitted not knowing how to approach a family in a death situation, although 94% would like to have that knowledge. 95% would like to have institutional support. Subjects claimed as necessary to better deal with death: 90% – school education on the subject, 92% – specialized training in work unit; 69% periodical psychological support; 85% updated information knowledgebase. Of all subjects studied, 62% acted naturally, 58% were able to give family support; 95% were able to perform all body procedures; 78% had thoughts about it at home and 92% did not have dreams about it. During survey, 26% admitted sadness. Conclusion – The nursing professional feels insecure due to the need of technical knowledge, physical, emotional and competency on death situations. For that reason, their professional training should involve data to better assist patients without treatment conditions and their families.