From the birth of a child with a chronic and/or complex disease, there is a need at an all
priorities level within the family and/or the primary caregivers of these children. A
chronic illness is a condition that interferes with the day-to-day functioning of the
child and their caregivers. As such, the purpose of this integrative review is to identify
the needs of nursing care for parents/caregivers or family of children with chronic or
complex illnesses.
Methods: The research was carried out on the EBSCO platform, and all databases were
selected using the descriptors needs, parents, pediatrics and nursing. Taking into account
the research delimiters and the inclusion and exclusion criteria, a final sample of
eight articles was obtained, which were analyzed.
Results: The results were obtained from a free reading/analysis of the articles selected
from the research in the databases, leading to the extraction of results that addressed the
needs of nursing care to the parents/caregivers/family of children with chronic diseases.
Conclusions: Families and/or caregivers of children with chronic diseases and/or complex
diseases circumvent many barriers and many of them difficult to overcome, but never
giving up because they have many skills and power to deal with them
