Abstract
Objective: To describe, through a narrative review, the role of nursing in palliative care for children with leukemia, to identify actions aimed at improving the quality of life and for children with leukemia, to report the practice of palliative care for children with leukemia. Bibliographic Review: palliative care is a tool used in the approach aimed at improving the quality of life of patients and their families about issues involving terminal illness, advocating the prevention and relief of suffering, recognizing, analyzing and treating both pain as well as other physical, psychosocial and spiritual problems. This methodology proposes a change in the model of care for terminally ill patients, changing paradigms that curability for the care itself, which has no objective of curing, but of bringing comfort to the patient and his family. Final Considerations: Palliative care aims to minimize the individual's suffering in the face of a disease with no chance of cure, ensuring a quality of life, comfort and dignity to the patient. The nurse who works in the palliative care of children with cancer needs to guide patient and family about the care to be taken.