Nursing care in palliative therapy aimed at symptom control

Abstract

Objective: to search in the scientific literature what the evidence points about nursing care for patients in palliative care directed to symptom control. Method: Integrative literature review carried out in the Lilacs, Scielo, Medline and Capes journals databases, whose corpus of analysis was 8 articles. Articles available in English, Portuguese and Spanish, published in the last 5 years, were available in full and free of charge. Results: The selected articles had different characteristics, having target populations, samples, purposes and varied methodological means. After analyzing the data, information was found that complemented each other on the topic, made it possible to present the results in two categories: Clinical manifestations in patients in palliative care and Nursing assistance in the management of patients in palliative care. Conclusion: Nursing has the role of assisting in the monitoring of cancer cases and intervening in physical and psychological symptoms through pharmacological and non-pharmacological treatments