Abstract
Objective: To investigate in the literature about the nursing care provided to pregnant women with human immunodeficiency virus during prenatal period. Methods: This is an integrative literature review study, with a qualitative approach carried out in the databases Biblioteca Virtual de Saúde (BVS), Scientific Eletronic Library Online (SCIELO) and PUBMED, from the Descritores em Ciências Saúde (DeCS): "HIV", " Gestantes" e "Enfermagem" and the Medical Subject Headings (MeSH): "HIV", "Pregnant" and "Nursing". The inclusion criteria were original articles published in Portuguese and English, available in full, that addressed the theme in the period from 2015 to 2020. As exclusion criteria, duplicate articles in the databases, incomplete and outside the stipulated period, being selected 13 studies to make up the review. Results: In the care of HIV-positive pregnant women, the nurse performs numerous activities, through the pre and post-test counseling, conducting prenatal consultations, covering the prenatal routine tests and monitoring the therapeutic treatment with antiretroviral drugs. Final considerations: HIV positive pregnant women assistance can occur in the three levels of health care, aiming to ensure the care of the woman and the child during pregnancy, childbirth, and the puerperium.
