Paula Isabella Marujo Nunes da Fonseca

Emotional preparedness of health professionals in Family interviews: a hermeneutic study

Approaching families in order to convince them to donate organs is always a conversation filled with a heavy emotional load, and it is performed by experienced transplant coordinators. Aim: to understand the emotional preparedness of experienced transplant coordinators when approaching families of possible donors. Method: This study has a qualitative approach, in a hermeneutic method; the Committee of Ethics at UFF/HUAP approved it of under protocol #321/11. The data was obtained through semi-structured interviews, with eight open questions and 24 individuals, between January and May 2012. Results: The majority of the interviewees do not prepare themselves before approaching families and they also recognize the necessity to implement a support system to assist the emotional demands generated by their workload. Conclusion: Despite the fact they do not prepare themselves emotionally, professionals see the relevance of support to promote their own self-understanding and that makes them feel safer and prepared to approach families at such a sensitive moment.

Emotions experienced by a multidisciplinary team during interviews for organ donation consent: a descriptive study

Trata-se de um estudo sobre as emocoes vivenciadas na entrevista familiar para doacao de orgao(s) pelas equipes multiprofissionais da Central de Transplantes do estado do Rio de Janeiro, evidenciando as estrategias de manejo das emocoes utilizadas por esses profissionais. Objetivos: Identificar as emocoes vivenciadas pelos profissionais de saude na entrevista familiar para doacao de orgao(s); descrever o manejo das emocoes vivenciadas por estes profissionais na entrevista familiar; e, apontar medidas para educacao emocional dos profissionais entrevistadores. Metodo: estudo descritivo de abordagem qualitativa. Os sujeitos sao enfermeiros, assistentes sociais, psicologos e medicos que realizam/realizaram entrevistas familiares. Serao utilizados: instrumento de caracterizacao socioeconomica, questionario com oito perguntas centrais a respeito das emocoes vivenciadas na entrevista familiar e seu manejo, e a tecnica de Imaginacao Ativa proposta por Jung. O projeto obteve aprovacao pelo Comite de Etica e Pesquisa do Hospital Universitario Antonio Pedro, sob o no 321/1.