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

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.