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OBJETIVO: analizar los cuidados enfermeros dirigidos al ámbito emocional de pacientes oncológicos en la fase final de su vida. MÉTODO: revisión narrativa mediante búsqueda bibliográfica en bases de datos de Ciencias de la Salud, buscadores, sitios web y publicaciones periódicas relacionadas con la temática. RESULTADOS: de los 64 artículos obtenidos se han seleccionado 35, destacando como aspectos relevantes en el cuidado emocional enfermero la comunicación, el acompañamiento, el counseling y el apoyo familiar. El profesional enfermero es la figura clave en el acompañamiento en la etapa final de la vida del paciente y sus familiares, quienes relacionan el abordaje emocional con una atención de calidad durante este proceso. Por ello, unos buenos cuidados emocionales llevados a cabo por la enfermera en este momento único y personal de sus vidas serán recordados para siempre por sus familiares. CONCLUSIONES: la existencia en la actualidad de diversos profesionales especialistas, el desconocimiento de su función exacta y el hecho de que estén presentes o no en un equipo asistencial, hace que en algunas ocasiones la función del profesional enfermero sea muy difícil de delimitar, aspecto sobre el cual se debería seguir investigando
OBJECTIVES: to learn about the role of the Nursing Professional during the paracentesis procedure, based on scientific evidence, with the aim of designing clinical guidelines, and improving the quality of patient care. METHOD: a narrative review, where a bibliographic search was conducted in the Medline, Cinahl, Cochrane Library and UpToDate databases, as well as in Clinical Guidelines Databases: Guidelines International Networks, Practice Guideline, National Guideline Clearinghouse, New Zealand Clinical Guidelines Group, Primary Care Clinical Practice Guidelines and Scottish Intercollegiate Guidelines Network. The Clinical Guidelines Databases from the Hospital General Universitario Gregorio Marañón in Madrid, the Complexo Hospitalario Universitario de Vigo and the International Ascites Club were also consulted. RESULTS AND CONCLUSIONS: fifteen articles were selected, and after the analysis of the findings obtained, three categories were established, describing the role played by nurses during paracentesis: the care provided by nurses before, during and after the procedure. Apart from each of the nursing interventions at each stage of said procedure, the presence of a nursing professional to assess the patient in a holistic way was considered very important. In the near future, clinical guidelines will be implemented, that will have been designed based on the results obtained, and all aspects considered for these guidelines will be reviewed at one year, as well as the scientific literature which may have been published, assessing those items to be improved. Among the limitations of this study, we must point out the low methodological quality of the articles selected, and the little bibliography available about this matter; therefore, it would be convenient to conduct studies under stricter methodological designs, with higher quality, in order to have a higher impact on clinical practice
