Identifier: TFG:1860
Authors: Amezcua Sánchez, Noelia
Abstract:
The study aims to know the experiences of the nursing professional before the death process in the ICU. This is a qualitative research conducted from a previous literature review of articles related to the main topic and adding the philosophy of Patricia Benner, who defines the degrees of experience that the nurse is acquiring during their work experience. The semi-structured interview was used to collect data, made to nursing professionals, selected from Benner's experience levels and where four previously defined sections were treated: contextualization of the concept of death, feelings about the process of loss, effects and nurse coping strategies and opinion regarding the need for training regarding the dying process. The following results were obtained: a contextualization of death as a multifactorial process, sadness and impotence as predominant feelings, the expression of feelings and offering care up to the last moment as coping strategies and, ultimately, a clear need of training as a common point among the interviewees. After the investigation, we can affirm that there are differences in the coping of death according to the degree of professional experience, as well as the self-management of feelings and the strategies used. Although it was not contemplated, during the hypothesis, it should be noted that having a previous training to experience death is of great help for the management of the process.
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