My death
Section: TEACHING TO LEARN
Authors
Cristina Oter Quintana
Position
Enfermera del Área 6 de Atención Primaria de Madrid. Profesora colaboradora de la Escuela Universitaria de Enfermería de la Comunidad de Madrid, Universidad Autónoma.
Contact address
EUE de la Comunidad de Madrid. Recinto del Hospital Severo Ochoa de Leganés. Avda. de Orellana, s/n. 28911 Madrid.
Contact email: cpdsv@yahoo.es
Abstract
Death is an entity that is often present in the daily routines of nurses. On a great number of occasions, its presence, may it be implicit or explicit, generates and re-emerges fears and frights, which to a large extent, condition the quality and the way in which care is provided. The aim of this article is to reproduce, through the experiences of a nurse and a terminally ill patient, the doubts, the process and the contents of the thoughts that may arouse within the context of imminent death. The objective of these lines is not other than to make you think about death. Far from wanting to run from conventionalisms, it at the same time aims to emphasise the routines and rituals that are prompted before the object-subject or cadaver. The secondary aim of the article is to propose a series of strategies that enable the professional to address death and to equip this stage of life of the individual with the naturality that must necessarily accompany this process.
Keywords:
nursing; how to confront deathnursing care of the dying patient
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