Percepções dos enfermeiros acerca dos cuidados paliativos na unidade de terapia intensiva: revisão integrativa

Abstract

To describe the perception of nurses about palliative care in an intensive care unit and to identify what palliative care is being provided by these nurses. Method: Integrative review of the literature with articles in Portuguese with a temporal cut of the last 10 years in the databases Lilacs and Scielo. After the search results in the databases, the steps of the article selection flowchart were performed. Results: We identified 19 articles and included in the eight research. Discussion: The provision of palliative care by nurses is a care practice that generates positive as well as negative feelings, which requires communication and integration of the team with the patient and their families. Conclusion: The sense of well-being and duty fulfilled by diminishing the suffering of the patient as well as the anguish and insecurity in dealing with the process of imminent death are feelings that involve the nurses, since the relief of pain and apprehension in providing comfort are the most prioritized and performed care in ICUs. The subject is little discussed in the literature, requiring further studies