Objective:

Explore and understand the value capabilities of the nurse in his informal caregiver assistance function according to the assessment of caregiver overburden valuing their pros and cons.

Materials anad methods:

Bibliographic review of the critical nature from which a theoretical analysis of nursing capacities was carried out in the context of home care according to the evaluation of the caregiver's overburden.

Results:

Many authors and international health organizations establish that the nursing profession must be able to identify the caregiver overburden by carrying out comprehensive care and assessment of the patient in the field of home care.

Nurses have a privilege position in the home care area. The closeness that exists with patient and caregiver gives them a great advantage for the development of its work. The nurse values the situations to those which the informal caregiver must confront.

Conclusions:

A change in the assessment of caregiver overburden might be considered, so that the nursing assessment serves as a measuring instrument.