Cuidados de enfermería en el adulto con cáncer de pulmón en estadio paliativo: una revisión narrativa de la literatura.

Abstract

For nursing professionals, it is important to take into account the principles of palliative care that is carried out with patients who present with invasive and fatal diseases such as: providing adequate professional care, providing quality treatment, focusing patient care. The present study sought to describe nursing care in adults with palliative stage lung cancer evidenced by a narrative literature review, based on a critical analysis of 25 scientific articles selected through an in-depth search of 5 databases with terms in English and Spanish. The results indicate that palliative care in lung cancer should include care focused on patient comfort and care focused on the family. Likewise, care should not be explicitly limited to the execution of clinical techniques, but rather consider an interpersonal relationship where some of the emotional, cultural and spiritual aspects take precedence within care. It was concluded the need to strengthen the knowledge acquired about caring for cancer patients, regarding the well-being and management of the symptoms that put the patient in a situation of suffering, to establish an adequate treatment objective to carry their disease.