Emotional confrontation process of the nursing team in the care of hospitalized children with cancer

Abstract

Aim: to know the emotional coping process of the nursing team in the care of children with cancer in a hospital admission unit. Method: descriptive study, with a qualitative approach and developed in the pediatric oncology sector. We interviewed 10 nursing professionals, and for the data analysis, the thematic analysis was used. Results: two categories emerged: strategies to facilitate the emotional coping of the process of caring for the child with cancer; behaviors and challenges pointed out by the nursing team in the emotional coping of the process of caring for the child with cancer. Final considerations: in the emotional coping of the nursing team in the care of children with cancer, there is a duality between demonstration and repression of feelings. The importance of psychological support to the nursing team, provision of orientation moments and exchange of experiences is highlighted