COPING STRATEGIES USED BY NURSES TO CARE FOR CANCER PATIENTS

• Main Authors: Anna Maria de Oliveira Salimena, Simone de Rezende Teixeira, Thaís Vasconselos Amorim, Andyara do Carmo Pinto Coelho Paiva, Maria Carmen Simões Cardoso de Melo
• Format: Article
• Language: Portuguese
• Published: Universidade Federal de Santa Maria 2013-05-01
• Series: Revista de Enfermagem da Universidade Federal de Santa Maria
• Subjects: cuidados de enfermagem; oncologia; serviço hospitalar de oncologia
• Online Access: https://periodicos.ufsm.br/reufsm/article/view/6638

http://dx.doi.org/10.5902/217976926638 Objective: to know the strategies that nurses use to deal with physcoemotional shocks arised from the process of caring for cancer patients. Methods: qualitative and descriptive approach. We developed open interviews, with statements from nine nurses, of a cancer hospital from Mata Mineira Zone, in January and February 2012. From comprehensive analysis with phenomenology approach emerged that: nurses behave in different ways against the prospect of suffering and death, onaddressing psycho-emotional upheavals in care for/ assist people with cancer. Results: confronting the challenges is done through distance or closeness, through spiritual quest, through the presence of an interdisciplinary team and offering qualified assistance. Final Considerations: taking into account the peculiarities of each professional and the various coping strategies, it is essential to listen and give voice to nurses at the workplace, so that they can cope better with the demands of their occupational trajectory.