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- Title
Nursing care to patients in brain death and potential organ donors.
- Authors
de Paula Cavalcante, Layana; Ramos, Islane Costa; Marques Araújo, Michell Ângelo; dos Santos Alves, Maria Dalva; Batista Braga, Violante Augusta
- Abstract
Objective: Analyzing the opinion of nurses about nursing care to patients with brain death and potential organ donors. Methods: A descriptive, exploratory study, of qualitative approach, carried out in a general hospital. The produced material was analyzed, from where emerged the category called Dimensions of care, with two subcategories, namely: technical dimension and bioethical dimension. Results: The dimensions of the nursing care to potential donors of organs and tissues give indications of a practice focused on maintaining hemodynamic, also with the presence of the conflict between assisting patients with brain death or others with possibilities of survival. Conclusion: The nursing care to potential organ donors is a complex process and requires better skills and emotional maturity, which are not always present.
- Subjects
BRAZIL; MEDICAL personnel; BRAIN death; CONTENT analysis; EMPATHY; INTENSIVE care nursing; INTERVIEWING; RESEARCH methodology; PSYCHOLOGY of nurses; NURSING ethics; ORGAN donors; RESEARCH; QUALITATIVE research; PATIENT-centered care; PATIENTS' families
- Publication
Acta Paulista de Enfermagem, 2014, Vol 27, Issue 6, p567
- ISSN
0103-2100
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.1590/1982-0194201400092