RESUMO
This article identifies the most significant elements of the process of nurse attention to the last days and hours of life in the context of a disease previously diagnosed like a terminal situation. For this object, we have reviewed the main clinical guidelines on comprehensive care and, especially, the guideline that was designed by the Saint John of God Hospital in Seville. We conclude that it is necessary to know how to identify the phase of agony to apply, therefore a default care plan that, allows to respond customized to the specific needs that occur in the last hours of the life of a terminal patient. A continued and coordinated interprofessional assistance to patient and family following standardized standards allows achieving a peaceful death and free from avoidable suffering.
