Abstract
Cervical cancer is one of the most recurrent diseases that concerns women's health. It's a malignant tumor with accelerated development of cells that involve the uterus. It is noteworthy that the nurse plays an important role in the early detection of this cancer and in the screening actions, in order to be attributed to this professional to perform integral care to women. Thus, this study aimed to identify the role of the nurse of the family health team in the prevention of cervical cancer and to propose strategies to minimize these indices. For this purpose, it was used with methodology, literature review research, through systematic verification of articles indexed and published on official websites. In this sense, in the scenario of cervical cancer prevention, Pap smear is the method of choice in early detection of cervical carcinoma, being a nurse responsible for providing comprehensive care, clarification and adequate screening Diagnosis, treatment, follow-up and consequent damage reduction.