Abstract
Identify the nursing staff's perception of their relationship with families of newborns and children who are in the process of death and dying. Qualitative research, carried out in the Neonatal and Pediatric Intensive Care Unit of a public maternity hospital in Rio Grande do Norte, with 17 nursing professionals, through a semi-structured interview. After being transcribed, the data were subjected to Bardin's content analysis and interpreted in the light of the theory of Interpersonal Relations proposed by Travelbee. Four categories emerged from the analysis: "Caring and welcoming people, feelings and stories"; "Reactions in the midst of pain: moving between acceptance and suffering"; "Communication of bad news: challenges and strategies"; "The weight of caring and suffering". Family assistance can be established using Travelbee's principles, as they offer timely theoretical support for nursing actions in the context of the process of death and dying.
Highlights
Nursing as a science of human care[1] represents the link between subject, family and other professions[2]
This study is one of the products of the primary research entitled “Perceptions of the nursing team on palliative care for children”, which was approved by the Research Ethics Committee of the Faculty of Health Sciences of Trairi (CEP-FACISA), Federal University of Rio Grande do Norte (UFRN), in accordance with Resolution No 466/2012 of the National Health Council. the data were collected only after agreement and signature of the Informed Consent Form (ICF) by the participants
The nursing team states that seeking meanings in spirituality and using words of comfort can be ways of coping together with the family member at the time, seen as difficult, as expressed in the following statement: Remembering this case, it was humanized as much as possible, the staff were sensitive to that mother’s wishes, so it was calm [...] it wasn’t difficult for the team because it was well accepted by the mother
Summary
Nursing as a science of human care[1] represents the link between subject, family and other professions[2]. Travelbee’s theory can provide the conditions and circumstances necessary to unveil the interactional aspects of the nursing team with the families of newborns and children who experience the feelings arising from the repercussions of the illness process, terminality of life and grief. Considering the above, the present study presents the following research question: What is the perception of the nursing staff about their relationship with the families of newborns and children who are in the process of death and dying?
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