Review: integration of nursing theory and practice in the care of cancer patients

Abstract

Introduction: The importance of the intersection of components such as theory, research and practice are fundamental for the understanding and approach of nursing care phenomena in the person with an oncological diagnosis. Objective: to identify in the scientific nursing literature the application of nursing theories in the practice of caring for the person with an oncological diagnosis. Materials and methods: descriptive study of integrative review, literature search was performed in databases: Science Direct, Academic Search complete, Ebsco, with filters by year, language and keywords in the first semester of 2018. Results: 553 were identified Possible articles, 8 of them were included (articles with the use of various nursing theories such as: unpleasant symptoms, self-transcendence, care for well-being, human care, self-care, uncertainty, transitions, coping, stress and cognitive processes, crisis, health belief model and dynamic model of the symptom). Discussion: nursing has used different disciplinary theories to address the phenomena of its interest in people with different types of cancer in the world, which shows that they facilitate understanding and care, however, not all interventions are supported by a theoretical reference , it is still scarce. Conclusions: Oncology nurses participate in health promotion, disease prevention, early detection, survival care, formulation of nursing diagnoses, which allows guiding interventions consistent with applied theory.