Nursing Assistance to Patients in Paliative Oncological Care: Integrative Literature Review.

Nanni Moy Reis, Adrielly Cristiny Mendonça Fonseca, Jessica de Souza Pereira, Luciana Emanuelle de Aviz, Érika Patrícia Oliveira de Oliveira, Joseane Magalhães Almeida, Josiane Silva de Moraes, Lucas Vinicius Moraes da Silva, Matheus Barbosa de Oliveira, Hugo de Paulo Garcia da Costa, Fernando Conceição de Lima, Fabia Jamilli Nascimento da Silva, José Carlos da Luz Gonçalves, Rubenilson Caldas Valois, Milena Farah Damous Castanho Ferreira

Nursing Care, Palliative Care, Oncology Nursing, Hospice and Palliative Care Nursing, Nursing Research.

Objective: to know the scientific evidence about the role of nurses in palliative cancer care. Method: this is a bibliographic study, descriptive, literature review type, with searches performed in the virtual libraries Scientific Electronic Library Online and Virtual Library in Health. The sample consisted of 17 articles, and the data were processed in the SOFTWARE IRAMUTEQ® and analyzed descriptively by the Reinert method. Results: six classes were organized and, of these, four categories emerged: Class 1 - Emotional support of professionals and family in relation to palliative cancer care; Classes 2, 5 and 6 – Evidence-based practices promoting interventions to nursing care; Class 3 - The importance of coping strategies for reconfiguration of care for quality in nursing care; Class 4 - Process of knowledge about palliative care and deficits in care. Conclusion: it was identified that it is fundamental the role of nurses in the execution of palliative care, whether in the initial or terminal phase of cancer patients, providing less aggressive interventions and better quality of life.

Received: 08 Nov 2020; Received in revised form: 07 Dec 2020; Accepted: 14 Dec 2020; Available online: 27 Dec 2020

10.22161/ijaers.712.37