Nursing approach in palliative oncological care in pandemic times of covid-19: narrative review for scientific contribution

Abstract

Execute a bibliographic revision analyzing the power of decision of oncologic patient that, on intensive bed therapy, in a scenario of pandemy of the new coronavirus with the importance of preservation of full mental faculties or partials in the last days of life, display to himself desire for discontinue the treatment on bed of UTI for the eminent possibility of a more aggravating of contagion from covid-19 (coronavirus). The present scientific content and narrative praise the acting of assistance multi-professional inside of current context of humanization of a patient dependent to others, for regard the last wishes as conscious ones, do not restricting if only to the oncologic clinic procedures. It is expected that through this content, the nursing professionals can have great enhancement in the holistic acting of the oncologic patient, as well as in the capacitation to guide their relatives and friends to develop comforting approach even in period of social isolation. It was observed that by this investigation might be draw a scenario very important in reference of the approach to this referred customers in the terminal phase, highlighting the recent changes in assistance in intensive therapy Units, oncology and new perspectives of the therapeutics of the new covid-19.