Emotional Responses of Neonatal Intensive Care Nurses to Neonatal Death

Datos Bibliográficos

ID13629064
AutoresBerna Köktürk Dalcalı (0000-0002-2123-3386, Faculty of Health Sciences, Bandırma Onyedi Eylül Üniversity, Bandırma, Turkey, autor de correspondencia), Şeyda CAN (0000-0001-9733-133X, Faculty of Health Sciences, Yalova University, Yalova, Turkey), Hanife Durgun (0000-0003-1622-8184, Faculty of Health Sciences, Ordu Üniversity, Ordu, Turkey)
Año2020
Volumen85
Número2
Páginas497-513
Fecha de publicación2020-11-08
Peer ReviewedSí
Open AccessSí
TipoARTICLE
RevistaOMEGA - Journal of Death and Dying (JOURNAL)
Identificadores de la revistaISSN: 0030-2228 • E-ISSN: 1541-3764
EditorialSAGE Publishing (PUBLISHER • US)
DOI10.1177/0030222820971880
PMID33161878
OpenAlexW3099095081
IdiomaEN
Citas recibidas4
Referencias citadas23

The study was planned as a descriptive qualitative study to determine the emotional responses of neonatal intensive care nurses to work in the neonatal unit and to neonatal deaths. The sample of the study consisted of 7 nurses who work at the neonatal intensive care unit since data saturation was achieved. The data were collected using the "Semi-Structured In-Depth Interview Guide for Nurses". The data were analyzed using the content analysis method. Following codes were reached as a result of the study: 'happiness-sadness', 'professional satisfaction-exhaustion', 'empathy', 'responsibility-guilt', 'hope-despair' under the theme of being a nurse at neonatal unit'; 'unforgettable first loss', 'professionalism in intervention-and then: sadness, 'mature-premature difference', 'difficulty in giving hurtful news-inability to associate with death' and 'attachment-burnout' under the theme of experiencing neonatal loss.It was seen that nurses' emotions about working at neonatal intensive care unit were generally positive; however, these emotions changed to negative after neonate's relapsing and death

Anger · Burnout · Empathy · Exploratory research · Happiness · Intensive care · Intensive care medicine · Intensive care unit · Intervention (counseling · Neonatal death · Neonatal intensive care unit · Psychiatry · Sadness · Clinical Psychology · Family and Patient Care in Intensive Care Units · Grief, Bereavement, and Mental Health · Medicine · Nursing · Psychology · Social Psychology