Resumen

FERNANDES, Priscila Valverde; IGLESIAS, Alexandra  y  AVELLAR, Luziane Zacché. The practical nurse before death: conceptions of death to practical nurses of oncology and its implications in the work routine and everyday life. Psicol. teor. prat. [online]. 2009, vol.11, n.1, pp.142-152. ISSN 1516-3687.

The objective with this work was to know the conceptions of death to practical nurses that deal with terminal patients in a public hospital in Greater Vitória/Brasil. It was hoped to understand how theses professionals dealt with death and how their conceptions interfered in their everyday life and work routine. To reach this objective it was registered a field diary during participative observations and were done semi-structured interviews that were recorded and fully transcripted. The data was submitted to a quantitative analysis that was understood as a process of production of meaning. In the analysis, were highlighted four greater themes: the conception of death, dealing/facing death, the feelings towards death and the interference in the everyday life and in the work. The data indicated that the conception of death found in the researched group was that death is a normal event which is part of the work routine, but it is a theme that should be avoided. It was considered that this is due to the fact that thinking in death, considering it in depth, is something painful to men, and it may bring to memory other losses. To avoid the contact with death the professional uses an accelerate routine.

Palabras clave : Psychic suffering; Hospital environment; Everyday work; Health; Mental health.

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