Abstract
Objective: To analyze the knowledge of nursing professionals about Palliative Care in oncologic patients. Methods: Exploratory, observational, qualitative approach study, obtaining as research participants 17 nurses who work in the care of oncologic patients. Data collection took place from November to December 2018, using an unstructured questionnaire. Results: The data were analyzed through the Bardin Analysis Grid and 4 thematic categories emerged: I- Concept of palliative care; II- Situations in which palliative care should be provided; III- Technical-scientific measures that the nurse should perform in a palliative care situation to an oncologic patient; IV- Ways to offer nursing care to the family of a patient in a cancer state. Conclusion: It was understood that Palliative Care is timely to promote support to the patient and his family network, reverberating in the performance of the professional that permeates beyond interventionist and curative care. However, it was found that the nurses included in the study had a brief knowledge on the subject, thus being a contributing factor for susceptible assistance behaviors incoherent with what is proposed in this model of care.