NEONATAL NURSING AND PALLIATIVE CARE IN NEONATES WITH SERIOUS HEALTH PROBLEMS: AN INTEGRATIVE REVIEW

Abstract

The theme of the work is the use of palliative care by neonatal nursing to address different perceptions of such professionals, such as their achievement, anxieties, needs and involvement with the newborn and their families. The work aims to elucidate the importance of nursing when the newborn's health condition is serious, addressing their technical and psychological preparation and the way in which care is performed to prepare the family for the farewell and the moment of mourning. The work comprises an integrative, qualitative and exploratory-explanatory review that elucidates that nursing professionals get involved with newborns in the face of the difficulty of monitoring their suffering and that of their family, the frustration of not being able to re-establish their health and of offering comfort and comfort to those who accompany the suffering of their child suffering from a serious illness that can be fatal.