Nursing care for children with cancer in palliative care: Scoping review

• Autor(a) principal: Dias, Thainá Karoline Costa
• Data de Publicação: 2022
• Outros Autores: França, Jael Rúbia Figueiredo de Sá, Batista, Patrícia Serpa de Souza, Rodrigues, Mariana de Sousa Dantas, Lucena, Pablo Leonid Carneiro, Costa, Brunna Hellen Saraiva, Oliveira, Evelyne de Lourdes Neves de, Costa, Isabelle Cristinne Pinto
• Tipo de documento: Artigo
• Idioma: por; eng
• Título da fonte: Reme (Online)
• Texto Completo: https://periodicos.ufmg.br/index.php/reme/article/view/39445
• topic: Neoplasias; Cuidados de Enfermagem; Cuidados Paliativos; Pediatria; Revisão; Neoplasms; Nursing Care; Palliative Care; Pediatrics; Review; Neoplasias; Atención de Enfermería; Cuidados Paliativos; Pediatría; Revisión

Objective: to map the scientific production disseminated in electronic databases regarding Nursing care for children with cancer in palliative care. Methods: a scoping review based on the method recommended by the Joanna Briggs Institute was carried out. The search for publications was carried out in six libraries and/or databases covering research from 2010 to 2020. Results: 34 articles that met the inclusion criteria were included. Most studies were published in 2014 in English, and Brazil was the country that stood out. The most prevalent themes of the studies referred to care strategies (mainly related to relieving suffering and therapeutic communication) and the difficulties experienced by Nursing professionals facing complex care (e.g., emotional distress and lack of preparation to deal with terminality). Conclusion: the evidence from the studies highlights the relevance of palliative care in promoting the quality of life of children with cancer and the challenges that need to be overcome so that it can be applied in practice. Hence, the data refer to the fact that, in order to affect the care, which is still being deficiently performed, the main strategies that must be implemented in health services by nurses are: pain control, family support, teamwork, and offering training for professionals. In view of the above, we hope that this mapping can subsidize new research in the sense that it is possible to shed more light on the field of study of palliative care.