Communication of Death in the Context of Infant-Child Donation: Best Practices for Creating Family Interview for Organ and Tissue Donation.

OBJECTIVE: To analyze evidence capable of supporting best practices available in the literature to create dialogues about organ and tissue donation with parents of deceased children and adolescents. METHODS: An integrative literature review performed using Scopus, Cochrane, PsycINFO, PubMed/MEDLINE, Web of Science database, and SciELo electronic libraries from November of 2013 to November of 2018, using keyword syntax for each database. The categories were developed using the Alicante model. RESULTS: A total of 745 articles were identified, with 7 selected for analysis. The information obtained was grouped into 3 categories: death communication, which indicates the importance of using simple and clear words; emotional support, which reveals the need to respect family time and the importance of empathy and compassion; and donation information, which punctuates the importance of dissociating communication about the death from that regarding organ donation. CONCLUSIONS: Evidence shows that best practices are the use of simple language, respect for the family during the grieving process, and the importance of establishing different situations in which to communicate about the death and the donation process.

Enfrentamento de enfermeiras frente à morte no processo de cuidar em emergencia / Enfrentamiento de enfermeros a la muerte en el proceso de cuidado en la sala de emergencia / Confrontation of nurses to death in the process of care in the emergency room

Resumo 23. O processo de trabalho de enfermeiras e enfermeiros nas emergências é gerador de estresse e traz à tona fragilidades do profissional no tocante a sentimentos referentes ao sofrimento e vivência cotidiana com a morte. Isto, em decorrência da interação e o envolvimento necessário à assistência e nas tomadas de decisão em acordo a gravidade do paciente e família. Assim, este estudo objetiva conhecer o enfrentamento da enfermeira no cuidado diante do processo de morte, em emergência. Pesquisa documental, realizada com oito enfermeiras numa emergência de um hospital privado de Florianópolis, Santa Catarina, Brasil, entre maio e junho de 2015. Os dados foram analisados à luz da análise de conteúdo de Bardin e da relação interpessoal de Travelbee. Emergiram duas categorias: A morte vivida por enfermeiras em emergência, O Humano e o técnico no enfrentamento da morte em emergência. Conclui-se que o enfermeiro ao lidar com a morte em meio ao cuidado de restauração da vida mostra-se limitado e necessita de amparo emocional e racional para o cuidado a essa clientela nesse ambiente específico.

Resumen 27. El proceso de trabajo de enfermeras y enfermeros en las emergencias es generador de estrés y trae a la superficie fragilidades del profesional en cuanto a sentimientos referentes al sufrimiento y vivencia cotidiana con la muerte. Esto, como consecuencia de la interacción y la implicación necesaria para la asistencia y las tomas de decisión en concordancia con la gravedad del paciente y la familia. Por lo tanto, este estudio objetiva conocer el enfrentamiento de la enfermera en el cuidado ante el proceso de muerte, en emergencia. Investigación documental, realizada con ocho enfermeras en una emergencia de un hospital privado de Florianópolis, Santa Catarina, Brasil, entre mayo y junio de 2015. Los datos fueron analizados a la luz del análisis de contenido de Bardin y de la relación interpersonal de Travelbee. Emergieron dos categorías: La muerte vivida por enfermeros en emergencia, el Humano y el técnico en el enfrentamiento de la muerte en emergencia. Se concluye que el enfermero al lidiar con la muerte en medio del cuidado de restauración de la vida se muestra limitado y necesita de amparo emocional y racional para el cuidado a esa clientela en ese ambiente específico.

Abstract 31. The work process of nurses in emergencies is a source of stress and brings to the surface the weaknesses of the professional in terms of feelings related to suffering and daily experience with death. This, as a consequence of the interaction and the necessary implication for assistance and decision making by the severity of the patient and the family. Therefore, this study aims to know the confrontation of the nurse in the care before the death process, in an emergency. Documentary research, conducted with eight nurses in an emergency at a private hospital in Florianópolis, Santa Catarina, Brazil, between May and June 2015. The data were analyzed in light of Bardin's content analysis and Travelbee's interpersonal relationship. Two categories emerged: The death experienced by nurses in an emergency, the Human and the technician in the confrontation of death in an emergency. It is concluded that the nurse in dealing with death in the middle of the restoration care of life is limited and needs emotional and rational protection for the care of that clientele in that specific environment.