title: From frustration to coping with caring for death by nurse technicians.
abstract: OBJECTIVE
  to understand nurse technicians' experience with caring for the death of terminal patients in ICUs and to configure a theoretical model.
  
  
  METHODS
  qualitative study with theoretical saturation when analyzing the 10th non-directive interview, having as reference Grounded Theory, Symbolic Interactionism and Bioethics.
  
  
  RESULTS
  the core category - from frustration to coping with dignified nursing care for finitude: the acceptance of death as a therapeutic and intervenient component - emerged from the comparison of the sub-processes: when the nurse does not feel prepared for caring for death, accepting death as a therapeutic phenomenon and developing coping strategies.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  according to Symbolic Interactionism, a novice professional's frustration in caring for an individual for death is related to his/her interaction and interpretation of the situation as he/she feels prepared only to care for individuals for life.
authors.affiliation: Faculdade de Medicina de Botucatu, Universidade Estadual Paulista Júlio de Mesquita Filho, Botucatu, SP, Brasil.
authors.forename: Lívia Maria
authors.initials: LM
authors.lastname: Beraldo
authors.affiliation: Faculdade de Medicina de Botucatu, Universidade Estadual Paulista Júlio de Mesquita Filho, Botucatu, SP, Brasil.
authors.forename: Débora Vieira
authors.initials: DV
authors.lastname: de Almeida
authors.affiliation: Departamento de Enfermagem, Faculdade de Medicina de Botucatu, Universidade Estadual Paulista Júlio de Mesquita Filho, Botucatu, SP, Brasil.
authors.forename: Silvia Cristina Mangini
authors.initials: SC
authors.lastname: Bocchi
mesh_terms: D000223:Adaptation, Psychological; D004645:Empathy; D005260:Female; D005639:Frustration; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D009726:Nurses / Q000523:psychology*; D036301:Qualitative Research; D013727:Terminal Care