A ética do cuidado no exercício da enfermagem: um olhar sobre os pacientes oncológicos (The ethics of care in the practice of nursing: a look at the oncology patients) - DOI: 10.5752/P.2175-5841.2010v8n18p145

Abstract

Resumo O objetivo deste artigo é analisar a ética do cuidado de enfermagem no tratamento de pacientes oncológicos. Optou-se pela pesquisa bibliográfica de abordagem qualitativa cuja metodologia foi dividida em etapas. Na primeira etapa, foi realizado um levantamento de artigos publicados, no período de 2000 a 2009, em periódicos do Scielo, utilizando os descritores: saúde/doença, enfermagem, ética do cuidado e oncologia. Esse levantamento culminou com a seleção de 28 artigos, 21 dos quais foram eleitos posteriormente para leitura aprofundada, assim como para utilização no estudo. Na segunda etapa, foram explorados dados do campo, com a transcrição e análise de depoimentos de profissionais da enfermagem sobre a concepção de cuidado bem como de dados sobre pacientes oncológicos, acompanhados no período AbstractThe objective of this article is to analyze the nursing care in the treatment of oncology patients. We have opted for bibliographical research of qualitative nature, a methodology divided into stages. In the first stage we gathered articles in a publication called Scielo from 2000 to 2009, which described: health/illness, nursing, ethics of care, and oncology. Through this process the selection of twenty-eight articles was accomplished, however only twenty-one articles were utilized in the production of this study. In the second stage field data were explored, we transcribed and analyzed the statements of nursing professionals on the conception of care and on oncology patients overseen by them in et al. (2007), and Araújo, et. al. (2008). The results demonstrated the care in nursing as an essential ethical principal, as much as the necessity of investment in public health policies in Brazil, for the effective promotion of cancer prevention, education and cure.

Cuidado de enfermagem oncológico na ótica do cuidador familiar no contexto hospitalar

“…In this way, there is a need for professionals who have some skills such as attention and concern for the other as well as being understanding, kind, receptive and respectful. It is still necessary to be dedicated and being open to discussion, having personal maturity, availability to listen carefully and also technical and scientific knowledge (1,4,8,10,11) . In analyzing the witnesses statements regarding to the care given by the nursing staff it was also observed their satisfaction with the care provided to their family and themselves however, it is expected that the health care activities provided by the team be effective and capable of generating on the patient and family, a high degree of satisfaction, for the reason that nursing is closer to them throughout their hospital stay (4.8) .…”

“…In the face of messages from the relatives it is believed that humanization in the oncology hospital context should have as instrument the principles of palliative care from the National Program for the Humanization of Hospital Care (4,11,21) . On the basis of strategies it can established greater flexibility in their rules especially regarding the visits liberation, offering individualized accommodations to family caregiver and to the patient as well as respecting and preserving their intimacy and particularities aiming to help the family in managing the patient's disease (1,4,22,23) and coping with this condition.…”