出版社：Grupo de Pesquisa Metodologias em Ensino e Aprendizagem em Ciências
摘要：The objective was to analyze the scientific evidence regarding nursing care in the reception of women and the performance of the Papanicolau exam. An integrative literature review study was conducted. For the search for data, the online research platforms SciELO (Scientific Eletronic Library Online), BVS (Virtual Health Library), LILACS (Latin American Literature on Health Sciences), MEDLINE (Medical Literature Analysis and Retrieval System Online) were used in the period from 2016 to 2020. The descriptors "Early Diagnosis", "Nursing", "Pap smear" were used. The total of 2,539 articles were selected, soon after, the inclusion criteria were applied and 58 articles were selected for reading titles and abstracts. After that, 12 articles that met the research objective were selected to compose the work. The results of the study showed that the role of nurses is very important in the prevention of cervical cancer, since primary care welcomes patients from the reception to the possible diagnosis, through the collection of material for cytological examination, since nurses maintain one of the strongest links with patients, Knowing the local reality of the area where they work is one of the main strategies to improve the planning of actions to reduce morbidity and mortality rates. It was concluded that there is a need for qualified assistance, as well as active search, home visits, identification of barriers to cytopathological examination, making women aware of the importance of early diagnosis.
