Assistência de enfermagem aos cuidados paliativos em pacientes terminais

Abstract

The term "palliative" derives from the Latin pallium, which means cloak, cowl. Aiming at the essence of palliative care: alleviating symptoms, pain and suffering in patients with chronic or degenerative diseases or in the final phase, aiming the patient to be as globality and improve their quality of life. It means, etymologically, to provide a warm cloak to "those who pass cold," since they can no longer be helped by healing medicine. The aim of this article is to analyze the care of the nursing team through patients in Terminal Phase taking into consideration that palliative care should be considered as integral care aimed at patients outside the possibility of healing, respecting the physical, psychosocial, spiritual aspect of the patient and family, providing quality of life not only in the relief of pain but listening and respecting their conceptions about life and death. It is an explanatory study, with a qualitative approach, of a bibliographical survey in which the online databases LILACS, SciELO, BDENF and books were used. The nurse is the one who’s neat at the difficult moments, and who the patient / family seeks when they need clarification or immediate care, these professionals deal with the sufferings, the anxieties and the fears that emerge in various situations involving this care.