CUIDADO AO POTENCIAL DOADOR: PERCEPÇÕES DE UMA EQUIPE DE ENFERMAGEM

Abstract

A qualitative research, aimed at understanding the perceptions of a nursing team in relation to the care to a potential donor. Data was collected through semi-structured interviews, performed between January and March 2011. The results demonstrated that the nursing staff perceives the care to the potential donor as a caution that aims to preserve organs, favored by availability of technology and a multidisciplinary ICU team, but it is complex because it involves psycho-emotional and psychosocial aspects of death. It is concluded that care to potential organ donor evokes feelings and beliefs about death and dying, resulting in conflicts, denial and detachment that can compromise the care quality.