Introduction:

the nurse who works in the primary health care consultations assumes the responsibility of providing comprehensive care to the relative who takes care of oncological patients.

Objective:

to design a proposal of upgrading to improve the performance of the nurse in the comprehensive care to the family with an oncological patient.

Materials and methods:

a development research was conducted in the Faculty of Medical Sciences Dr. Juan Guiteras Gener, of Matanzas, during the school year 2018-2019. The sample was 23 nurses from the primary health care offices of the municipality of Matanzas. The documents that support their professional performance were analyzed. A survey was designed to identify learning needs and also an observation guide to characterize the performance of the nursing professional. Interviews were conducted with supervisors and managers.

Results:

the analysis of the surveys applied to the chosen sample and the observations made to the activities carried out at home, made it possible to determine the learning needs for the improvement of the comprehensive care to the families with oncological patients. Interviews with supervisors and managers confirmed the necessity of the proposal.

Conclusions:

a postgraduate course was designed for the improvement of nursing professionals’ performance, aimed to the comprehensive care to families with oncological patients in the primary health care.

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