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- Title
SOCIAL REPRESENTATIONS OF NURSES ON THE PROCESS OF DEATH AND DYING IN ICU.
- Authors
Lyra da Silva, Carlos Roberto; da Silva Abrão, Fátima Maria; Célia de Oliveira, Regina; Quinellato Louro, Thiago; da Fonseca Moura, Lidiane; Lyra da Silva, Roberto Carlos
- Abstract
Despite the fact that death receives multivariate denominations and representations depending on cultural and religious aspects, however, talking and discussing this natural process of life, especially in Western countries, may still seem to be a taboo. This study aimed to investigate the social representations of nursing master and doctoral students about the process of death and dying in Intensive Care Units (ICU). This is an exploratory and descriptive research with qualitative approach, developed in two public universities in Rio de Janeiro and Pernambuco. Data were analyzed according to the Theory of Social Representations, with the aid of Iramuteq software. Results showed the record of 2923 occurrences and 655 different forms. The hapax number confers with 362 words, corresponding to 12% of the occurrences. Occurrences that had higher chi-square were: death, life, process, suffering and passage. It is concluded that, with respect to death and the dying process, feelings were expressed before a concrete possibility, that is, for them, the patient that is under care in the ICU has a real condition in the death and the dying process, because being admitted to this unit may mean to be fighting for life and against death, faced with the uncomfortable feeling of mortality.
- Subjects
BRAZIL; DEATH &; psychology; INTENSIVE care units; RESEARCH methodology; NURSES' attitudes; RESEARCH; SOCIAL psychology; STUDENT attitudes; QUALITATIVE research; HOSPITAL mortality
- Publication
Ciencia, Cuidado e Saude, 2016, Vol 15, Issue 3, p474
- ISSN
1677-3861
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.4025/cienccuidsaude.v15i3.32345