Abstract
Objective: Describe the role of nurses in the rehabilitation of people with disabilities. Methods: Integrative literature review. The databases consulted were Latin American and Caribbean Literature on Health Sciences (LILACS), Nursing Database (BDENF) and Scientific Electronic Library Online (SciELO). Including scientific articles that address the role of nurses in the rehabilitation of the health of people with disabilities, written in Portuguese, English and Spanish, available for free. No time limit was established to contemplate all production to date. Reflection, editorial and review articles were excluded. The final sample was 18 articles. Results: Brazilian studies accounted for 83.3% of the sample. After analysis, six axes related to the role of the nurse in the rehabilitation of the person with disabilities emerged: nurse as an educator (66.6%); nurse as a political being and with social commitment (55.5%); nurse as a care implementer (50%); nurse as a researcher (27.7%); nurse as a mediator between patient, family and multiprofessional team (22.2%); and nurse as manager of the Nursing team (11.1%).Final Considerations: The nurse acts in a multidimensional way in the scenario related to people with disabilities, involving, in addition to direct care, team management, mediation of the health work process, management through the implementation of public policies and scientific research.