NURSES' LIVINGNESS ABOUT PALLIATIVE CARE

Objective: to analyze the perception of nurses about their experience in palliative care. Method: a descriptive and exploratory study with a qualitative approach conducted in a referral hospital in palliative care. The sample consisted of 12 care nurses. For data collection an interview was conducted with a semi-structured script covering sociodemographic data and four questions to meet the objectives of the study. Data were transcribed and evaluated by content analysis. Results: the nurses emphasized that palliative care should not only contemplate patients, but the family, revealing feelings and important measures such as affection, affection, comfort and pain management. Conclusion: there is a process of implementation about the principles that permeate this type of care and it is worth noting that it is a new service that is in the process of continuous formation and training, which has contributed to the results.