Difficulties of intensive care nurses in caring for patients at the end of life
DOI:
https://doi.org/10.31877/on.2013.23.02Keywords:
intensive care, end of life, obstacles, death, communicationAbstract
Objective: Identify the main problems/obstacles of intensive care nurses to care for patients in end of life; Identify some measures that facilitate the provision of such care.
Methodology: For the preparation of this work were selected 5 articles from an initial sample of 29 withdrawn from EBSCO database. The methodology used was the PI C OD.
Results: The main obstacles identified by the ICU nurses to care for patients in end of life are related to the communication of information about the patient’s condition, use of aggressive treatments and procedures, disagreement about the plan of care, angry families and families that do not understand the prognosis.
Conclusions: The main findings of this article shows that the nurses of the ICU have the perception of the barriers to care for patients in end of life and that the integration of palliative care in intensive care will be an advantage.
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