Perceptions of intensive care nurses on the concepts of brain death and coma: a metaphor analysis
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Dr. Öğr. Üyesi Canan KAŞ
Kastamonu Üniversitesi, Türkiye
Doç. Dr. Mahinur DURMUŞ
Kastamonu Üniversitesi, Türkiye
Sağlık Bilimleri Üniversitesi, Türkiye
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| Makale Alt Türü | Ulusal alan endekslerinde (TR Dizin, ULAKBİM) yayınlanan tam makale |
| Dergi Adı | Kastamonu Medical Journal (KASMEJ) |
| Dergi ISSN | 2757-9336 |
| Dergi Tarandığı Indeksler | TR DİZİN |
| Makale Dili | İngilizce |
| Basım Tarihi | 06-2024 |
| Cilt No | 4 |
| Sayı | 2 |
| Sayfalar | 45 / 51 |
| DOI Numarası | 10.51271/KMJ-0141 |
| Makale Linki | https://kastamonumedicaljournal.com/Publication/DisplayPDF/27119 |
| Özet |
| Aims: It is important for intensive care nurses to have knowledge about the concepts of brain death and coma and to take precautions against ethical problems. This study aimed to determine the perceptions of intensive care nurses regarding the concepts of brain death and coma through metaphors. Methods: Metaphor analysis, one of the qualitative research designs, was used. The metaphors produced by the intensive care nurses were defined as concepts and a list was created. Using content analysis, 20 intensive care nurses produced 20 different metaphors for the question, “Coma is similar to ..., because ...”. Nurses mostly likened the concept of a “coma” to a “plant”, “stay together”, and “deep sleep”. They also produced 20 different metaphors for the question, “brain death is similar to ..., because…”. Results: Nurses mostly likened the concept of brain death to a “plant”, “absolute death”, and a “coma”. Brain death and a coma were common to three of the metaphors produced by nurses (“uncertainty/unresponsiveness”, “death/eternity”, and “permanent breakdown” metaphors). The answers given to the questions about the concepts of brain death and a coma were “uncertainty/unresponsiveness”, “death/eternity”, and “permanent breakdown” metaphors. Conclusion: The nurses confused the concepts of a coma and brain death with each other and had similar perceptions of the two concepts. |
| Anahtar Kelimeler |
| Brain death | coma | intensive care | metaphor | nurse |
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| Google Scholar | 1 |