O reiki na Unidade de Terapia Intensiva neonatal: incluindo as práticas integrativas e complementares no cuidado de enfermagem ao recém-nascido

Abstract

Reiki is an ancient practice of hand healing, which has been used in various circumstances and in various purposes with the purpose of promoting relaxation and improvement of the quality of life, or to treat the secondary symptoms caused by diseases and their respective treatments, so this study aimed to identify the possible contributions that the practice of Reiki would bring as nursing care to the newborns in a neonatal intensive care unit, as well as how this therapy and other Integrative and Complementary Practices are addressed during the training process of nursing professionals. The research project was approved by the Research Ethics Committee - Federal University of Fronteira Sul under number 89188718.2.0000.5564. Although parents reported little knowledge about integrative and complementary practices specifically about Reiki after receiving explanations about the practice, all expressed an interest in having therapy with their newborn son. It was also possible to identify the physiological effects brought by this practice to newborns. It was observed that in this moment of fragility the practice of Reiki offered is understood by the parents as an "aid", we verified that Reiki as practice in nursing care, helps in the creation and strengthening of the bond between service and family, the bond between parents and son begins from the discovery of the gestation and is strengthened after the birth. Pregnancy is a time desired and planned by most women, this is a time of physical, emotional, mental, spiritual and especially physiological transformations. In this period, the couple's expectations and anxieties about their role begin, and may arouse feelings such as fear and insecurity, especially in those situations in which the newborn needs to be hospitalized in the neonatal intensive care unit. It is in this moment of uncertainty, insecurity and some fear that parents cling to religiosity, but not just their own. They believe that in the condition that is found everything is valid in the attempt to reestablish the health of the children. In front of the exposed ones, we know that the practice of Reiki is a care option that can be used to rebalance the diseased organism, helping to cope with the disease, improving the physical, emotional, mental and spiritual, restoring chakra balance and consequently harmonizing the whole organism, reflecting on the improvement of the quality of life, it is concluded that Reiki is an important strategy of nursing care for newborns in the neonatal unit.