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The nursing actions before the right to worthy death of the hospitalized child

ABSTRACT Objectives: To describe the nursing actions facing the right to worthy death of the child and to analyze the (im) possibilities for promoting worthy death of the hospitalized child. Method: Qualitative approach based on the concept of a worthy death, with 16 members of the nursing team, who...

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Published in:Escola Anna Nery revista de enfermagem 2019, Vol.23 (3)
Main Authors: Cholbi, Nathalia Cristine Schuengue Pimentel, Oliveira, Isabel Cristina dos Santos, Carmo, Sandra Alves do, Morais, Rita de Cassia Melão de, Martinez, Elena de Araújo, Nascimento, Luciana de Cássia Nunes
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Summary:ABSTRACT Objectives: To describe the nursing actions facing the right to worthy death of the child and to analyze the (im) possibilities for promoting worthy death of the hospitalized child. Method: Qualitative approach based on the concept of a worthy death, with 16 members of the nursing team, who work in a pediatric hospitalization unit, through the Non-Directive Interview in Group. Data submitted to thematic analysis. Results: The actions minimize the suffering and make the environment more welcoming for the child and family. A dignified death is possible when the child and family are prepared; the decisions are shared; the bond with the team is established; the religious and bioethical aspects are respected and the framework of irreversibility is recognized. These factors guarantee the strengthening of the family; the bioethical principles; the acceptance of the child's death, and the mitigation of the stressors aspects. Conclusions and implications for practice: The nursing team promotes the dignified death of the child based on individual convictions of dignity, since there are no models of care for the child at the final moment of life and death yet, in the unit, the study scenario. Such actions contribute to the creation of new models of care for the child that safeguard primarily the human dignity at the time of death. RESUMEN Objetivos: Describir las acciones de enfermería frente al derecho a la muerte digna del niño; para analizar las (im) posibilidades para la promoción de la muerte digna del niño hospitalizado. Método: Cualitativo basado en el concepto de muerte digna, con 16 miembros del equipo de enfermería actuantes en una Unidad de Hospitalización Pediátrica, a través de la Entrevista No Directiva en Grupo. Datos sometidos al análisis temático. Resultados: Las acciones minimizan el sufrimiento y hacen el ambiente más acogedor para el niño y familia. La muerte digna es posible cuando el niño y la familia están preparados; las decisiones son compartidas; el vínculo con el equipo es establecido; los aspectos religiosos e bioéticos son respetados y el cuadro de irreversibilidad es reconocido. Estos factores garantizan el fortalecimiento de la familia; los principios bioéticos; la aceptación de la muerte del niño, y la mitigación de los aspectos estresores. Conclusiones e implicaciones para la práctica: El equipo de enfermería promueve la muerte digna del niño basada en convicciones individuales de dignidad, ya que aún no hay modelos de cuidad
ISSN:1414-8145
2177-9465
2177-9465
DOI:10.1590/2177-9465-ean-2018-0356