Introduction:

The nursing has been faced with the challenge of breaking with the dependence of the medical centered model on seeking greater professional autonomy. It is discussed the need for it to rely on its own knowledge to address the health-disease problems under its competence, using appropriate methodologies, such as the nursing process and the systematization of care.

Objective:

To identify the contributions of the nursing process and the systematization of nursing care for the nurses’ professional autonomy.

Methods:

Integrative review, in five steps, of 10 complete articles collected in LILACS, SciELO and PubMed in July 2016 by the expression [(“professional autonomy”) AND (“nursing care” OR “nursing process” OR “systematization of nursing care”) AND NOT (“patient autonomy”)].

Conclusions:

The nursing process and the systematization of care in establishing a practice based on specific knowledge of nursing, disconnecting the current model and defining its role in the health production and on the social dimension of care, can promote the nurse’s autonomy.

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