Sofrimento psíquico em enfermeiros de um hospital oncológico.

Abstract

The work of oncology nursing requires a greater emotional control than in other areas, since most cases hospitalization is serious patients needing intensive care and hospitalizations are prolonged, enhancing the relationship between the nurse and the family and the patient and can lead to physical and emotional exhaustion. To this end, this research focused on the description of the routine work of nurses a Oncological Hospital to investigate whether this cause psychological distress, as well as identify the feelings that emerge in daily work and describe the strategies used by professionals to support or minimize this stress . This qualitative study is exploratory and descriptive. To collect data, we used a semistructured interview script, applied to 20 nurses. Demographic data were organized into charts and data from the interviews were analyzed in the form of thematic analysis in terms of Bardin. After reading the statements were organized into the following categories: Routine work - everyday wear; Contradictory feelings; and Dialogue, interaction with family and faith as a strategy to minimize problems at work. The routine work was identified as the most exhausting / stressful; living with ambivalent feelings was also explicit, varies according to the patient's prognosis. As a strategy to alleviate the psychological distress, identified the dialogue with the patient, caregivers and co-workers in some cases. However, for others, the emotional involvement was not identified as a form of emotional protection. Faith and the interaction with their families were also present during the interviews. The results indicate that the environment is conducive to physical and emotional exhaustion, creating spaces for conversations in which it is necessary to discuss the most varied feelings and experiences and psychological support of nurses avoiding psychological suffering resulting from routine work.