Tânatos no contexto profissional do(a) enfermeiro(a): a morte e o morrer no âmbito hospitalar

Abstract

Objective: to analyze the perception of the impact caused by death and the daily life of nurses in the hospital environment. Method: this is a narrative review with a broad methodological approach, developed through three stages: pre-analysis; exploration of the material and treatment of the results, carried out between the periods from 2020 to 2022. 16 references were used to always give the review. Results: the studies presented show that occasional death has a negative impact on nurses, as they do not accept the natural process of death, relating it to a feeling of failure, impotence, loss and anguish, generating stress. Among the most observed strategies in coping with death, the following can be highlighted: providing comfort to the patient; spiritual refuge; improvement in care provided; patient terminal; give priority only to technical procedures; psychological support for family members; avoid thoughts about the subject and dialogues with the patient and their families; emotional support among professionals and create distractions about the event. Final considerations: the present study concludes the inclusion of thematic thanatology can still prepare the professional to better deal with the death of their patients, help the beginning of their work to understand the process of the finitude of life, promoting their individual and professional, as well as recognition of a successful and humanized practice.