NURSING: SPIRITUAL CARE FOR CANCER PATIENTS AN INTEGRATIVE REVIEW; [ENFERMAGEM: CUIDADO ESPIRITUAL DO PACIENTE ONCOLÓGICO REVISÃO INTEGRATIVA]

Castañeda-León K.; del Pilar Gómez-Luján M.; Morillas Bulnes A.M.; Vargas-Escobar L.M. · Revista Baiana de Enfermagem (2024) · DOI: 10.18471/rbe.v38.55341

Resumen

Objective: to analyze the spiritual Nursing assistance provided to cancer patients, from the Palliative Care perspective. Method: an integrative literature review was conducted in six databases, namely: Redalyc, Science Direct, BVS, Scielo, PubMed and Google Scholar. All materials were published between 2018 and 2022. The data were collected from August to November 2022 following the PRISMA method. Results: a total of 14 publications were included. Their text analysis allowed elaborating four main topics: Respect for the patients’ religious beliefs and spiritual needs; Spiritual Nursing care provided as comfort, companionship and communication; Promoting a search for the meaning of life and acceptance of the life-death process; and Barriers or gaps hindering the implementation of spiritual care. Conclusion: the study verified how important the spiritual dimension is while caring for cancer patients and that it is necessary to foster the inclusion of a spiritual approach in the everyday care practices for these patients.

Instituciones: Universidad Nacional de Trujillo