A atuação do enfermeiro em cuidados paliativos na Unidade de Terapia Intensiva

Abstract

The objective of this integrative review is to identify evidence in the literature about the nursing professional's role in palliative care for patients in the Intensive Care Unit (ICU). Results: a total of (132) productions were used (02) articles, which represented about 39.52 collected in the Latin American and Caribbean Literature in Health Sciences (LILACS) databases, Nursing Database ( BDENF) and Scientific Electronic Library Online (SCIELO), among other publications, from 2014 to 2019 that demonstrated the essentiality of the nursing professional's role in the palliative care environment. It is noteworthy according to the research carried out that the activity requires the support of multidisciplinary team due to the fact that there is almost always an overload of work of these professionals and at the same time to witness emotional aspects of pain and frustration of the patient and the family in terminal phase of life, necessary dealing with these issues. Conclusions: there is a need to articulate the knowledge and the use of effective communication, in a clear and objective way, since with this, the nurse provides the family with security and confidence in the hospital. It is also interesting to highlight the need for more publications in the area around the topic of palliative care in ICU, and with that contribute to nursing and also to a better performance of those professionals who perform such a complex and important work.