A abordagem sócio emocional de enfermagem ao adolescente em situação crônica de saúde

Abstract

Master's dissertation that is proposed to analyze how chronic illness affects the teenager s lifestyle and his social relationship, identify health needs of socioemotional nature of teenagers in chronical health condition and discuss actions of socioemotional nature, that may be performed by nursing staff. It s a qualitative and descriptive study, that was performed in the year of 2012, with teenagers from 12 up to 18 years, whose treatment is at the Center of Studies of teenager health (NESA), located in University Hospital Pedro Ernesto (HUPE), Rio de Janeiro. The ethical aspects were respected as resolution 196/96. The Data collection occurred through semi-structured interviews, individual, with open questions. The study is based on theoretical referential of Symbolic Interacionism. For data analysis, was used to thematic content analysis of Minayo, with categorization of the data. The basic categories found were: "The quotidian and the chronical health condition: lifestyle and the social relationship of teenagers", " Socioemotional needs of teenager, resulting from the chronical health condition" and "The nurse in the outpatient clinic with teenagers in a chronical health condition". After interviews s analysis, it was found that the chronic disease can affect the teenagers in different ways, depending on the uniqueness of each one, as it was also found that the time favors a better conviviality of the same with the chronic disease. The emotional needs more identified were in relation to the fear and sadness, as well as the social need related to exclusion and stigmatization by friends, not being identified difficulty in family relations. The nursing actions, which can be developed in order to assist the socioemotional needs of these teenagers, are related to promoting their autonomy, so they become actors of their care and know how deal with the negative emotions brought about by the chronic disease. It s worth noting that the formation of therapeutic alliance with the teenager is the biggest nursing action highlighted in this study, and from this interaction, with the development of respect and trust in this subject, that the nurse will come closer and participate actively in this treatment, giving the emotional support that is necessary.