Introduction:

According to the World Health Organization palliative care is the care provided at the end of life, its objective is to advise, suggest, propose and calm grief through early identification, assessment and treatment of suffering between other complications that can occur during the disease which can be emotional and spiritual.

Objective:

Describe the scientific activity on the most implemented palliative care in nursing interventions.

Methodology:

Systematic review, based on the recommendations of PRISMA method for searching scientific literature; the following bibliographic bases were examined: Redalyc, Science Direct, Scielo, REDIB, Mendeley and academic Google. The sample contains 9 scientific articles, for the search strategy the DeCS and MeSH were established, the literature quality was validated.

Results:

Effectiveness was found in the interventions carried out to improve the quality of life, relief of suffering and pain and companionship to family members. Of the articles reviewed, the sample consisted of 644 terminally ill patients, mostly female, with a mean age of 45.42 years, SD±15.9.

Conclusions:

Nursing interventions in palliative care were positive, with a high degree of scientific evidence, to help the subsistence of the sick person - and/or family, as well as to help reduce, prevent discomfort caused by the disease, and guaranteeing progress in the terminal stage.

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