NURSING PERFORMANCE IN THE IMPLEMENTATION OF PICS IN PATIENT CARE: LITERATURE REVIEW

Abstract

Integrative and Complementary Health Practices (PICS) are treatments that have therapeutic resources, based on traditional knowledge, resulting in the prevention of injuries and recovery of health. Its use has increased in recent decades in health systems, reinforced by its inclusion in the SUS through the National Policy for Integrative and Complementary Practices (PNPIC). The objective is to identify which PICS have been used more frequently and their implementation in Nursing processes. This is an integrative review of the scientific literature of the last five years, following the steps: Formulation of the problem, collection, evaluation and interpretation of data and results. Descriptors were used: “Nursing”, “Complementary Therapies”, “Nursing Care” in the VHL and Scielo databases. Found 15 articles and selected 10, answering two guiding questions; the first: “Which PICS are most cited as part of nursing care?” There was a prevalence of three: Phytotherapy, Acupuncture and Massage Therapy. The second question was “How has nursing contributed to the use of PICS in patient care?” considering that the inclusion, by COFEN (Conselho Federal de Enfermagem), of the nurse as a qualified professional to use the PICS as a care method present in the assistance was an important historical milestone for the strengthening of these practices that were previously restricted to physicians due to the influence of the biomedical model. Thus, there is holistic care, aiming at biological, psychological, sociocultural and spiritual issues, health promotion and disease prevention.