A percepção de acadêmicos de enfermagem sobre o processo de morte e morrer: um estudo bibliométrico.

Abstract

Death is a natural and inherent event in life, yet it is still a taboo topic, especially in Western culture. The aim of this study was to analyze the scientific production on the perception of nursing students about the process of death and dying. It is a bibliometric study, carried out with 14 articles, published between 2009 and 2019, selected in the LILACS, MEDLINE and BDENF databases and in the CAPES Portal. The years of 2009 and 2011 presented a greater number of publications on the subject, with emphasis on three vehicles of dissemination: Revista Gaúcha de Enfermagem, Revista Investigação e Educação em Enfermagem and Revista da Escola de Enfermagem USP, with 28.5% of the works selected. The journal with the greatest impact factor was the Revista de Divulgencia Cientifica Sena Aires with 1,021. The investigation pointed out that most of the publications were conducted by researchers in the field of nursing, with predominance of authors with the title of doctor. The perception of nursing students about the process of death and dying pointed out some specificities: 1) death is a theme permeated with feelings, such as uncertainty, fear, sadness, frustration, fear, impotence, since it is an unknown event and unpredictable; 2) there are weaknesses in the teaching-learning process on the subject during academic training in theoretical and practical disciplines; 3) unpreparedness to act in the face of patient death situations; 4) personal difficulties related to particular experiences involving the process of death and dying of family members, which are projected on patients. It is necessary to consider interdisciplinarity and training in death education in the academy so that nursing students and graduates are prepared to care for patients in various life cycles, including death.