Spiritual needs experienced by the patient's family caregiver under Oncology palliative care

• Autor(a) principal: Rocha,Renata Carla Nencetti Pereira
• Data de Publicação: 2018
• Outros Autores: Pereira,Eliane Ramos, Silva,Rose Mary Costa Rosa Andrade, Medeiros,Angelica Yolanda Bueno Bejarano Vale de, Refrande,Sueli Maria, Refrande,Neusa Aparecida
• Tipo de documento: Artigo
• Idioma: eng
• Título da fonte: Revista Brasileira de Enfermagem (Online)
• Texto Completo: http://old.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S0034-71672018001202635
• topic: Spirituality; Palliative Care; Neoplasia; Nursing; Caregivers

ABSTRACT Objective: To understand the spiritual needs of the patients' family caregiver under Oncology palliative care. Method: A descriptive, qualitative study with 20 family caregivers of patients hospitalized in an Oncology palliative unit. The data were collected through a phenomenological interview, and analyzed by the method of Amadeo Giorgi supported in the Merleau-Ponty's Phenomenology of Perception. Results: The categories were unveiled: "Spirituality as a foundation for life"; "Spiritual needs sublimated by the family caregiver"; and "Care expected by the nurse". Conclusion: Family caregivers appropriate spirituality as a coping strategy and meeting the purpose and meaning of the moment experienced. It is profitable for the nurse to contemplate the spiritual needs of the caregiver in order to provide a guided assistance in the humanization of care and comprehensive care. Therefore, there is a need for new studies that address this dimension to the family caregiver in the field of Oncology, since this care is incipient by the nurse.