Unveiling the meaning attributed to nursing care at the perspective of person with cancer

Wenderson Melo Martins, Joelia dos Santos Oliveira, Maria Caroline Barros de Matos, Samara Barbosa da Silva, Rúbia Caroline Silva Souza, Clarissa Porfírio Mendes, Gisela Pereira Xavier Albuquerque, Sheila do Socorro dos Santos Miranda, Juliane Conceição Costa Ribeiro,Yasmim Leão Fayal, Hermana Rayanne Lucas de Andrade Bender, Marcilene Souza da Silveira, Gabriela Nunes Pinheiro, Maria Liduina Melo da Silva, Viviane Pinto, Eliane de Brito Pereira, Bruno Mesquita Maia, Bianca Blois Pinheiro Camboim, Suane Priscila dos Santos Antunes, Darllene Lucas de Andrade, Samuel Oliveira da Vera, Cláudia Rafaela Brandão de Lima, Camila Melo da Silva, Marcio Almeida Lins, Leliane do Nascimento do Espírito Santo, Eimar Neri de Oliveira Junior, Vanessa de Nazaré Mendes Favacho, Lucilena Estumano Almeida, Jamyle Guedes da Costa, Glauber Marcelo Dantas Seixas, Emerson Glauber Abreu dos Santos, Izabel Silva Carvalho, Tania de Sousa Pinheiro Medeiros, Marlene Simões e Silva, Regina de Oliveira Benedito, Flávia Cristina Duarte Silva, Denise Karla de Abreu Silva, Danielle Oliveira Maciel, Luciana Moreira Batista, Renata Campos de Sousa Borges, Fabricia de Sousa Franco, Everson Vando Melo Matos, Emmily Oliveira Amador, Enderson Vasconcelos de Lima, Edma Nogueira da Silva, Karina Raissa Rodrigues, Alex Miranda Franco, Elyade Nelly Pires Rocha Camacho, Fabio Feitosa Camacho, Raimunda de Fátima Carvalho Prestes, Tatyellen Natasha da Costa Oliveira, Anderson Lineu Siqueta dos Santos, Simone Aguiar da Silva Figueira, Maicon de Araujo Nogueira, Jofre Jacob da Silva Freitas, Antonia Margareth Moita Sá

Oncology Nursing. Nursing care. Oncology Hospital Service. Humanization of Assistance. Professional-Patient Relations.

Objective: to verify the meaning attributed to nursing care from the perspective of the person with cancer. Method: descriptive, exploratory research, with a qualitative approach, using an interview script as an instrument and the semi-structured interview as a collection technique. Participated in the research 13 patients, hospitalized in the surgical clinic of the inpatient units of the oncology ward of a public hospital, Center of High Complexity in Oncology, located in the city of Belém, State of Pará, Brazil. Research conducted in August 2019, and for the construction of the data, the thematic content analysis technique proposed by Bardin was used. Results: the analysis of the speeches showed that patients recognize nursing professionals as the main reference for care, comfort and safety, and it is presented as a source of information, both for the health team and for patients and family members. Conclusion: when caring, the meaning of therapeutic intervention and qualitative professional relationship between patient and family are attributed. Knowing the meanings that patients attribute to the act of health professionals, contribute greatly to thinking about the decision making of more targeted and individualized therapeutic plans.

Received: 09 Oct 2020; Received in revised form: 25 Dec 2020; Accepted: 05 Jan 2021; Available online: 09 Jan 2021

10.22161/ijaers.81.5