Emotional (un)availability in the face of neonatal death in a nursing team
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https://doi.org/10.17267/2317-3378rec.2024.e5824Keywords:
Neonatal Death, Nursing, Neonatal ICUAbstract
OBJECTIVES: Investigate the possible emotional impacts that neonatal death causes on nursing professionals working in a Neonatal ICU. Additionally, the study aimed to understand the coping strategies these professionals use when dealing with cases of neonatal death. METHOD: Exploratory qualitative study carried out with five healthcare professionals: two nurses and three nursing technicians, from a team in the Neonatal ICU of a private hospital in a city in the countryside of Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil. Data were collected through the focus group technique, whose transcriptions were analyzed using Content Analysis. RESULTS: An analysis theme called emotional (un)availability was organized, which included feelings and emotions with a predominance of sadness, frustration and helplessness, mainly related to the bond established with the patient, the families, and the insufficiency in training to cope with these situations. The main management strategies vary among silence, anger, psychological support or the maintenance of the work routine. FINAL CONSIDERATIONS: We observed that negative feelings and emotions were predominant when dealing with death, leading professionals many times to adopt reactions of emotional unavailability due to the problem.
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