Pacientes em finitude e vias alternativas de alimentação: relato de experiência de uma psicóloga residente em Nutrição Clínica.

Abstract

In this experience report, a narrative is developed on what it means to be a resident in a Multi- professional Health Residency program, working as a psychologist with a focus on clinical nutrition, considering the specificities of patients facing end-of-life situations and the introduction of alternative feeding routes, along with their repercussions on the individual. Socio-historical psychology was the theoretical foundation used to construct this report, with Ciampa (1989-2009) identity theory serving as the guiding framework. The writing highlights the challenges faced when practicing psychology in a hospital environment and how this affects the relationship with the team, patients, and their families. The following objectives are presented: a) to clarify the need for a psychologist dedicated to these cases, b) to identify significant demands in such processes, and c) to understand the challenges faced by psychology in clinical nutrition. The report emphasizes psychology's role as a means of alleviating suffering and providing support for specific demands related to physical changes and the emotional repercussions of the illness process and its consequences.