Browsing by Author "Mendes, Anabela Pereira"
Now showing 1 - 2 of 2
Results Per Page
Sort Options
- Critical health-disease transition in the family: nursing intervention in the lived experiencePublication . Mendes, Anabela PereiraOBJECTIVE: To analyse the strategies found by families to deal with the situation of critical illness, in their lived experience in a family and in an inpatient context. METHOD: This research fits into a qualitative paradigm and a phenomenological approach, according to Van-Manen. Participants were referred to a "snowball" effect method and the data was collected through interviews with open-ended questions. RESULTS: From the collected data three essential themes emerged revealing the strategies: Being aware; Building dialogue; Ensuring comfort. FINAL CONSIDERATIONS: In the therapeutic intervention nurses verify that families facing a critical-illness interact between themselves and with the ICU team. Families interacting with nurses can find cognitive and emotional support allowing them to be aware of the situation and to speak about it in order to strengthen and to comfort themselves.
- Impact of critical illness news on the family: hermeneutic phenomenological studyPublication . Mendes, Anabela PereiraOBJECTIVE: Understand the impact of critical-illness news on the experience of family members at an Intensive Care Unit. METHOD: Phenomenological approach according to Van Manen's method. Open interviews were held with 21 family members. From analysis and interpretation of the data, three essential themes were identified: the unexpected; the pronouncement of death; and the impact on self-caring within the family. The study complied with the ethical principles inherent to research involving humans. RESULTS: The unexpected news and death of the sick person influence the well-being and self-care of family members, affecting their ability for analysis and decision making. It was observed that the family experiences the news with suffering, mainly due to the anticipation arising from the events. FINAL CONSIDERATIONS: The humanity of nurses was revealed in response to the needs of the family. In view of the requirements for information, it was verified that the information transmitted allowed them to become aware of themselves, to become empowered in their daily lives and to alleviate the emotional burden experienced.