Fatores estressores e estratégias de enfrentamento : vivências de uma equipe de enfermagem no processo de captação de órgãos para transplante.

Abstract

The nursing care to patients with Brain Death (BD) is characterized by a number of situations, which makes it stressful. Thus, this research has as general aim identify coping strategies of the nursing staff front stress factors present in the organ donation process for transplantation of an Intensive Care Unit (ICU) of a teaching hospital in Vale do Rio Pardo. It is descriptive and exploratory, with qualitative approach. The subjects were nurses and nursing technicians who work at ICU, and the survey was composed of 14 subjects. The semi-structured interview was used as data collection method and the data analysis was the content analysis in the form of thematic analysis. Three main themes have been identified, being the first, the stressors of the organ harvesting process and among them the contact with the family, the young patient, the delay in the harvesting process and the lack of training. The second category was the coping strategy, wherein the strategy found among subjects was the denial. The third category was the stressor atmosphere: who looks after the caretaker. The conclusion is that, despite the staff report stressful situations in the care of the potential donor of organs and tissues, and recognize the unit as a stressor atmosphere, coping strategies were observed, except the denial of their existence. The need for support and psychological counseling for those professionals was evident for coping with their emotional reactions front stressors.