Cuidados paliativos em pacientes com câncer sob a ótica de enfermeiros: uma revisão integrativa (2003-2012)

Abstract

Palliative care is a form of assistance you need to involve a multidisciplinary team. It is offered to patients who do not have a better chance of healing, seeking ultimately a quality of life to the end of this, through comfort measures to alleviate the suffering of the sick. Objective: To analyze scientific publications developed by Brazilian nurses regarding palliative care in patients with cancer from the perspective of nurses. This is a review study integrative 6 articles selected from readings that explore the theme in the database LILACS and SCIELO, selection criteria: articles indexed in 2003 until 2012 and full texts in Portuguese. The keywords used were "Palliative care, nursing and cancer." The studies showed that the nurse's role requires, in palliative care, care measures involving the promotion of comfort, good relations with the health care team, patients and their families, and care humanized understanding the carrier terminal cancer as a biopsychosocial being. Despite being considered a little research regarding other forms of care, not any less important, on the contrary, goes to see the need for further insights in this regard.