Nurses defending the autonomy of the elderly at the end of life
ABSTRACT Objective: to understand how nurses deal with the elderly’s autonomy at the end of life. Method: qualitative, exploratory study, guided by the Grounded Theory. Ten nurses, eight doctors and 15 nursing technicians were interviewed between November 2016 and May 2017 at a university hospital...
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| author | Rafael Barroso Gaspar Marcelle Miranda da Silva Karen Gisela Moraes Zepeda Ítalo Rodolfo Silva |
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| description | ABSTRACT Objective: to understand how nurses deal with the elderly’s autonomy at the end of life. Method: qualitative, exploratory study, guided by the Grounded Theory. Ten nurses, eight doctors and 15 nursing technicians were interviewed between November 2016 and May 2017 at a university hospital in Rio de Janeiro/Brazil. Results: nurses deal with the elderly’s autonomy in compliance with the code of ethics and exercise leadership in actions and interactions to defend this right, evaluating, guiding and listening to the preferences of the elderly; interacting with the family; and sharing information with the health team. Final considerations: the elderly’s autonomy must be ensured in care planning, based on patient-centered communication and developed in the interaction among agents involved in care. The discussion on “Living Wills” Health Care Directives and principles of palliative care must be encouraged. |
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| spelling | doaj.art-b9c77c8f337f42129f75015a25f1378b2022-12-22T04:13:19ZengAssociação Brasileira de EnfermagemRevista Brasileira de Enfermagem1984-04462019-10-017261639164510.1590/0034-7167-2018-0768Nurses defending the autonomy of the elderly at the end of lifeRafael Barroso Gasparhttps://orcid.org/0000-0002-1042-3096Marcelle Miranda da Silvahttps://orcid.org/0000-0003-4872-7252Karen Gisela Moraes Zepedahttps://orcid.org/0000-0001-8390-3579Ítalo Rodolfo Silvahttps://orcid.org/0000-0002-2882-1877ABSTRACT Objective: to understand how nurses deal with the elderly’s autonomy at the end of life. Method: qualitative, exploratory study, guided by the Grounded Theory. Ten nurses, eight doctors and 15 nursing technicians were interviewed between November 2016 and May 2017 at a university hospital in Rio de Janeiro/Brazil. Results: nurses deal with the elderly’s autonomy in compliance with the code of ethics and exercise leadership in actions and interactions to defend this right, evaluating, guiding and listening to the preferences of the elderly; interacting with the family; and sharing information with the health team. Final considerations: the elderly’s autonomy must be ensured in care planning, based on patient-centered communication and developed in the interaction among agents involved in care. The discussion on “Living Wills” Health Care Directives and principles of palliative care must be encouraged.http://www.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S0034-71672019000601639&tlng=enNursingPersonal AutonomyHospice CareAged RightsChronic DdiseaseHospitalization |
| spellingShingle | Rafael Barroso Gaspar Marcelle Miranda da Silva Karen Gisela Moraes Zepeda Ítalo Rodolfo Silva Nurses defending the autonomy of the elderly at the end of life Revista Brasileira de Enfermagem Nursing Personal Autonomy Hospice Care Aged Rights Chronic Ddisease Hospitalization |
| title | Nurses defending the autonomy of the elderly at the end of life |
| title_full | Nurses defending the autonomy of the elderly at the end of life |
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| title_full_unstemmed | Nurses defending the autonomy of the elderly at the end of life |
| title_short | Nurses defending the autonomy of the elderly at the end of life |
| title_sort | nurses defending the autonomy of the elderly at the end of life |
| topic | Nursing Personal Autonomy Hospice Care Aged Rights Chronic Ddisease Hospitalization |
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