Estrategias de afrontamiento del personal de enfermería ante la muerte del paciente pediátrico / Strategies for coping with the death of the paediatric patient.Estratégias para lidar com a morte do paciente pediátrico

El estudio tiene como objetivo describir las estrategias de afrontamiento del personal de enfermería ante la muerte del paciente pediátrico en los Servicios de Cuidados Críticos y Hemato-Oncología. El trabajo de investigación es de tipo cuantitativo, descriptivo, transversal, aplicado a 32 enfermeros/ as que desempeñan su labor en el Servicio de Cuidados Críticos y Hemato-Oncología de un Hospital pediátrico público, por medio de un cuestionario basado en la Escala de Medición del Proceso de Afrontamiento y Adaptación de Callista Roy. De acuerdo con los resultados, se obtuvo que los enfermeros/as poseen una alta capacidad para afrontar la muerte con un 75%. En el presente estudio se observó que el personal de enfermería posee alto grado de capacidad de afrontamiento ante la muerte del paciente pediátrico en el Servicio de Cuidados Críticos y Hemato-oncología de un Hospital Pediátrico público de Corrientes[AU]

The objective of the study is to describe the nursing staff's coping strategies when faced with the death of a pediatric patient in the Critical Care and Hemato-Oncology Services. The research work is quantitative, descriptive, cross-sectional, applied to 32 nurses who carry out their work in the Critical Care and Hemato-Oncology Service of a public pediatric Hospital, by means of a questionnaire based on the Measurement Scale of the Coping and Adaptation Process by Callista Roy. According to the results, it was obtained that the nurses have a high capacity to face death with 75%. In the present study, it was observed that the nursing staff has a high degree of capacity to cope with the death of the pediatric patient in the Critical Care and Hemato-oncology Service of a public Pediatric Hospital in Corrientes[AU]

O objetivo do estudo é descrever as estratégias de enfrentamento da equipe de enfermagem frente ao óbito de um paciente pediátrico nos Serviços de Terapia Intensiva e Hemato- Oncologia. A pesquisa é quantitativa, descritiva, transversal, aplicada a 32 enfermeiros que realizam seu trabalho no Serviço de Terapia Intensiva e Hemato-Oncologia de um Hospital Público Pediátrico, por meio de um questionário baseado na Escala de Medição do Processo de Enfrentamento e Adaptação, de Callista Roy. De acordo com os resultados, obteve-se que os enfermeiros possuem alta capacidade de enfrentamento à morte com 75%. No presente estudo, observou-se que a equipe de enfermagem possui alto grau de capacidade para lidar com a morte do paciente pediátrico no Serviço de Terapia Intensiva e Hemato-oncologia de um Hospital Pediátrico Público de Corrientes[AU]

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