The Intensive Care Unit (ICU) is intended for patients in severe clinical condition who require qualified, specialized and constant nursing care. The Cardiac ICU is a specialized unit aimed at patients who suffered acute myocardial infarction, immediate postoperative period of cardiac surgeries and other cardiac complications. Every hospital stay is a generator of emotional instability for the patient and the family because it represents a difficult experience that has not been planned and cannot be controlled. The objective of this work is to know the main stressors and feelings in the perception of family members about the hospitalization of the patient in the cardiac ICU (UCA). The research is descriptive, exploratory, with a qualitative approach. The semi-structured interview was used as a collection technique and as an instrument an interview script, with questions about the perception of family members of patients hospitalized at uca about hospitalization, stressors and feelings. The saturation sample consisted of 12 relatives of patients admitted to the UCA of the Gaspar Vianna Hospital De Clínicas Foundation, Belém do Pará, held from October to November 2019. Data analysis was performed through Bardin's content. Thus, it was possible to elaborate two categories: the feelings of the family members involved in the patient's hospitalization process; and stressors weighted by family members of patients admitted to uca. The family is very important in the process of hospitalization of the patient in the ICU, however, is forgotten at certain times, because the focus of care is the patient, which contributes to the increase in the physical and emotional overload of family members. The hospitalization of a loved one at UCA leads him to develop several feelings in the face of hospitalization. During the study, the main feelings identified were sadness, anguish, concussion, pain and suffering. The high degree of stress, anguish and suffering, which affect the interviewees, are caused by a range of stressors, such as the patient being intubated; unable to speak; without being able to realize your physiological needs in the bathroom; patient situation; length of stay; and not be able to help the loved one.
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